Buelligan
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2009 IRC does not allow support on a brick veneer. We have an achitect who wants to go through the brick and the band with 1/2" carriage bolts. We feel the load will be on the brick not the band. Any thoughts?
I agree. (adding a few more characters)Mac said:Why poke a bunch of holes in the house?I still don't understand why people think they need to fasten the deck to the building...
Great design solution.Robert Ellenberg said:Just a suggestion for those who want to attach it properly and minimize the water intrusion. Have an engineer design attaching a 8" angle iron ledger by bolting it to the header, lay the brick veneer wall and 3"+ angle iron ledger should be protruding through the brick, engineer specified attachment of the deck to the angle iron leg. You should be able to flash the brick on top of the angle iron to prevent any water from getting to the wood header.
They do. IRC 2006 section R311.2.1Yankee said:Somewhere I thought I read that decks/landings outside of egress doors had to be attached to the building, but I don't see it here, maybe it was here and taken out.
Robert, if you haven't done so download DCA6-09 at awc.org, good reference material.Robert Ellenberg said:Would you question the attachment if the ledger board was bolted through siding? If the house is built with a layer of foam on the exterior to create a thermal break and has a slight gap for the drainage plane, the ledger could easily be cantilevered out 1.5". Not a lot as opposed to 4" with the brick but is very similar and at best is sandwiching a piece of foam in there. This could easily be rectified by removing the siding and foam behind the ledger and adding a piece of dimensional lumber and flashing it properly.Any thoughts on how some of you view this?