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#1370 - 06/09/05 07:47 AM Deck stabilization
lbrown lbrown Do It Yourselfer Registered: 06/09/05 Posts: 1 Loc: cincinnati, ohio, usa	My four-year old deck is all at one level, but in two sections, at different distances from the house/ledger plate -- the 12-foot wide section comes out about 8 feet, and the 14-foot wide section comes out about 12 feet. Steps come down from the 12-foot deep section, in front of the 8-foot deep section. My issue is this: The two sections appear to be separating! Although there is a continuous ledger plate supporting the whole deck against the house, the builder did not run a continuous beam across both sections out from the house, to stabilize them; only where the adjacent joists meet, were nails used to connect the joists, and they are beginning to pull out. Is there any effective way we can "connect" and stabilize the two sections, without dismantling the whole deck? Thanks for the help!
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#1371 - 06/09/05 09:36 AM Re: Deck stabilization
provip provip Super Do It Yourselfer Registered: 03/03/01 Posts: 1153 Loc: Victoria, BC, Canada	Without seeing it, you could try drilling holes through the 2 joining joists then place some bolts in with large washers and try to draw them together by tightening up the bolts. You may have to reinforce the joists where they are attached to the header joists with some steel brackets so they don't pull away. Also try to determine why the joists are pulling away from each other....could be some posts are settling or one or the other of the sections is not level and leaning away. Have fun. ------------------ Bart Blainey, B.E.R. Consultant/Journeyman Carpenter Building Envelope Specialist Master Renovator provip@prodeck.org http://www.prodeck.org Barton Blainey (provip) specifically assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information or process disclosed. The above further expressly advises that any use of or reliance upon the information and or opinion disclosed is at your risk . _________________________ Bart Blainey, B.E.R. Consultant/Journeyman Carpenter Building Envelope Specialist Master Renovator provip@prodeck.org http://www.prodeck.org Barton Blainey (provip) specifically assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information or process disclosed. The above further expressly advises that any use of or reliance upon the information and or opinion disclosed is at your risk .
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