Hi all, from the outset I know this is probably a bad idea, I guess my real question is how bad. I’m building a deck which I was planning on attaching to the house with a ledger laged into dimensional rim joists under a solid brick facade and sheathing. Long story short, house floor joists run parallel to planned ledger and there is no dimensional 2X band board or rim joist (much to my chagrin). So, here it is, just how bad is it to lag into anchors placed into a brick facade wall? What about with epoxy anchors or Hilti bolts? Anyone with any thoughts? I may just go free-standing, but I thought I’d ask this first. Thanks in advance…
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Do a search for "collapsed decks" and see if that answers your question.
Add a couple more posts and you've got a free standing deck that'll let you sleep well at night.
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depends on the construction of the house...and more important.....the shape of the brick/mortar.
Best bet would be simply dig a few more holes and add a few more posts..ala free standing deck.....
but.....I've lagged many a deck ledger ...porch ledger...and roof ledger...to double brick construction....legally....inspected....and still standing.
Older houses call for older methods.....nice when the wood tie blocking is still in good shape.
If the closer posts could disturb the foundation.......lagging to brick can be the best option....extra bracking toward the house never hurts, though!
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under a solid brick facade and sheathing.
Note that the one positive "vote" refers to a double brick wall, i.e. a structural brick wall.
How high above grade is your deck? how mush resistence to lateral movement will there be?
If it's a high deck (say, above a walk out basement) the best part of the plan is that if the deck collapse doesn't get 'em, the falling bricks will. A definite improve over a nailed ledger!
What kind of access do you have to those floor joists? Could you run long all-threads thru the first one? That sort of thing would have to be wet stamped by an engineer, and you might have to add blocking alongside the all-threads. But it's worth thinking about.
-- J.S.
Hey all, thanks for the responses. I just want it on record that I said I knew it was a bad idea. You've all convinced me to go free-standing, I will sleep better. Bob, roger that on the structural brick wall - I'd kill for that. John, access to the floor joists is bad, decidedly bad if you consider that my wife will kill me if I start talking about removing our finished basement ceiling. Thanks again everybody, I got a kick out of the jokes! Erich