Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
Roof ledger board bolts.
Put the ledger board in place once more.
Fastening to masonry walls.
Douglas fir lvl no attachment is allowed to strand lumber syp lvl the mudsill i joists floor trusses or other materials.
Plus you need to double fasteners at ledger butts and ends.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.
Table of bolt spacing for deck ledger spaced away from the building.
Bolts and screws must be located 2 in.
As a rule of thumb bolts can be spaced 16 on center for supporting joist span up to 12 in length.
Down from top and up from bottom of ledger and staggered up down.
The roof top brackets wood ledger board and lag bolts are to be purchased locally by customer.
Five ledger board techniques explained and illustrated.
Ledger wrap is an aluminum.
Ledgerlok is a code compliant deck ledger board to rim joist structural wood screw that can be attached with no predrilling.
The table immediately below gives the bolt spacing requirements for connecting a deck ledger to the building when the ledger board is bolted directly to the structure.
The brackets are then lag bolted to the roof and sealed watertight.
House rim joist must be minimum of 2x sawn lumber or 1 in.
Drill holes for the expanding anchors every 16 inches or as specified by local codes insert the anchors hold the ledger in place and tap it with a hammer to indent the anchor locations on its back face.
Step 5 attach the ledger board to the wall.
Ledgerlok replaces lag screws and through bolts and the.
Ledger to band joist connection bolt spacing requirements.
X 9 in.
Longer joists will require tighter bolting patterns.
Place washers over the holes and screw in the 5 5 inch lag screws in the holes so that they go through the expansion anchors already in place.
Any one of these five ledger connection methods properly installed will give you a reliable long lasting deck that is secure.
This is a time consuming process and should be done while the house is being constructed to simplify the process and reduce costs.
Typically you will need to install your bolts alternating high and low 2 from the top and bottom of the ledger board.
Structural screws for ledgers by glenn mathewson q.
Anchor a ledger to a masonry wall with expanding anchor bolts begin by marking a line across the wall for the ledger s top edge.
The washers will provide protection for the board from the screw heads.
Tighten all the screws in place.