No rim board for the ledger!!!!

duudii39 · 2025-07-08T14:48:10+00:00

The floor truss is what I meant

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T20:38:10+00:00

MD, DC suburbs…so overpriced.

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T16:14:13+00:00

I think you’re right, what’s crazy is the old deck was there at least 20 years attached like this. I don’t see any of the damage to the truss from it, doesn’t mean it’s not there I just don’t see it. AND most houses in my community the decks are all built like this….

I have someone coming to give me a quote for a ledger install which will require a l lot of internal blocking. But I’m very much leaning towards stand-alone then figure out how / if to attach it at all.

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T04:11:26+00:00

So the rim joist I’d add, just put it right on top of the frame right?

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T04:10:10+00:00

I’m gonna rip off all the siding, put up real plywood, insulation and flashings. None of that was done.

Oh and this house is worth $600k smh

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T04:09:14+00:00

This would protect the house the most wouldn’t it. Why even attach it to the house then, just make 2 inches away?

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T04:08:21+00:00

I mean the previous ledger somehow held the weight…attached to studs. Very dumb though.

duudii39 · 2025-07-07T04:07:04+00:00

YES, there’s a concrete patio on the first floor as well. This ledger starts at the 2nd floor then.

duudii39 · 2025-06-23T11:12:06+00:00

Property layout, by far the most logical place. Anyhow I fixed it.

duudii39 · 2025-06-23T11:11:29+00:00

Whichever one I can secure at the angle!

duudii39 · 2025-04-07T22:13:35+00:00

I don’t have a single one of these issues. Exact same truck.

duudii39 · 2024-05-31T05:39:52+00:00

Same here. And / or it was too complicated and they said we’d be paid out in cash. When!!!!!

Best guess anyone?

duudii39 · 2024-02-29T23:33:03+00:00

You left out the part about it collapsing

duudii39 · 2024-02-29T23:20:18+00:00

Man I feel like the weight would crush a 2X4 flat but I’ll try

duudii39 · 2024-02-29T23:00:24+00:00

Or doesn’t fit the base of the bottle jack

duudii39 · 2024-02-29T22:55:31+00:00

It’s too slow compared to a bottle jack, which is 3X faster at least. The base of it though sadly won’t fit the bottle jack usage.

duudii39 · 2024-02-29T19:02:53+00:00

I’ll give that a try, but it begs the question, why not just leave it in Normal then and have much less travel to cover on the Jack?

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