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I could not tell, the face of the riser is covered with trex. My guess is at best a couple of face nails.vegas paul said:What's that stringer attached to?
Unfortunately I walked down the stairs from the deck before I saw what was underneath.ccbuilding said:You didn't walk up those steps when you did the inspection did you? I think that would classify for hazard pay.
That is a very good possibility.vegas paul said:I guess the treads & risers support the stringer!
Yes and they are building decks in Utah.RJJ said:Fatboy! LOL! Yes and they are multiplying rapidly!
Here in North Logan we have a ground snow load of 53 pounds per square foot.pwood said:chris, good thing it doesn't snow in utah! if you added snow loads to other dead and live loads ,this thing would be a disaster waiting to happen. did you final it? :mrgreen:
I live far enough away from the Great Salt Lake that we don't have much random salt on the ground.pwood said:i have never been to utah before but i had a suspicion that it snowed there. i figured with all the salt there the snow would melt as soon as it hits the ground:mrgreen: we throw salt on our sidewalks to melt the stuff! our ground snow is 58 p.s.f. here and as high as 400 p.s.f. 30 miles from downtown! the deck looks like a tear down and do again. the owner will probably just use it and let the permit expire without addressing the corrections. then what do you do? expire the permit and put it in the parcel file?
That is exactly what happened. According to the owner after the deck was built the contractor realized that the end was too narrow to build the stairs onto and had to widen the deck to accommodate the stair width.Glennman CBO said:That so called "cantilevered" part looks like they built the deck too small, and had to add 14 or so inches to the side of it, and they just toe nailed it on!