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Exterior Deck to Stairs Connection

jar546 said:
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You can tell by the workmanship that they could do a good job. I mean that you get the feeling that they know what it should look like. Then you see the over-cuts and right away that feeling changes to, "These guys are real hacks, just out there for a dollar.
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A wizard built this:

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They think they are done. And did a first class job too. They built a box, fastened it to 2 stud walls and built a cripple wall under it. What more do you need?
 
The landing framing appears to be 2x10 or 2x12, which should be adequate. My concern would be how the landing is connected to the stud wall to resist the uplift. It's definitely not prescriptive, but a good engineer could make it work.
 
Paul Sweet said:
The landing framing appears to be 2x10 or 2x12, which should be adequate. My concern would be how the landing is connected to the stud wall to resist the uplift. It's definitely not prescriptive, but a good engineer could make it work.
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Which photo are you referring to? ICE hijacked this with his excellent photo that has even more issues.
 
There is no cantilever as we are used to seeing. This is more of a teeter totter.


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ICE said:
There is no cantilever as we are used to seeing. This is more of a teeter totter.
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I expect an engineer could make that cantilever calculate out OK if the non-cantilevered end of the 4x10s (?) were connected to an uplift anchor in the foundation below. E.g. if the cantilevered half of the landing is 4' x 4', and the total load is 50 psf, that's 800 lbs. If the non-cantilevered portion of the landing is also 4x4, then the uplift on each end of each 4x10 would only be 200 lbs.

Cheers, Wayne
 
wwhitney said:
I expect an engineer could make that cantilever calculate out OK if the non-cantilevered end of the 4x10s (?) were connected to an uplift anchor in the foundation below. E.g. if the cantilevered half of the landing is 4' x 4', and the total load is 50 psf, that's 800 lbs. If the non-cantilevered portion of the landing is also 4x4, then the uplift on each end of each 4x10 would only be 200 lbs.

Cheers, Wayne
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The math suppoerts the unsupported. If nothing else, it just looks so wrong. When the lumber dries there will be a real possibility of flexibility. It can squeak by and squeak forever. I was filling in for another inspector and I never went back. There was nobody at the site to meet me and as you can see, they were not anticipating company.
 
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