He really is as a carpenter with almost fifty years of experience I enjoy him as well. If you want another excellent man his RUclips channel is the essential carpenter very knowledgeable and easy to understand and listen to.
For carpentry and general construction, yes. I've only been impressed with one person's masonry skills in my 15 years watching these gentlemen. They get by and up to code. But, practice and tenure aren't something most of them have with masonry, so I understand. Still, I agree with your comment. Happy home remodeling 🤘
"Undersized hangers" lol. Have you ever personally tested the holding strength of a properly fastened 2x4 joist hanger? Those things are the definition of over-kill if properly fastened. Do yourself a favor and don't believe everything the media and lawmakers try to sell you.
no problem taking them off , there easy if you use the right tool . When you look at the number of nails in those joist saddle sabout two from what I saw and if you put those larger over its a hell of a job to nail the new saddle through the old one and the original ones are cheap electro plated they are corroding . Should be stainless steel. Also bolting into masonary plaster and veneers have no strength .
@@gregreed402 if you use a positive position nailer its easy to blast through that steel. It will at least get it started then finish it off with a hammer.
This is a great site to give to homebuyers to educate themselves on how home repair projects should be done. I see so many properties with improper home installations. It's good to get a sound understanding of how things should be done. This site really helps to get that understand. Great videos. Thanks
I used to build decks attached to the house, as in "bearing the weight ". Now I build with posts 2 or 3 feet minimum from the house and bolt ledger to the structure for stability. Great video by the way.
You always have some of the coolest tricks. The way you jack something up is so impressive. Once you do it and explain it makes so much sense. It's one of those things that is so simple that it is mysterious
I'm building a treehouse for my son and was talking to the hardware guy at Lowe's about buying some hardware. He recommended that I attach my joists to the supporting posts by nails or screws. I was like, umm, no thank you.
16 penny nail has a sheer force of like 130 pounds youd honestly only need a couple to hold it up for a few people. its definitely not safe especially for a party but really its not that bad.
Love This Old House 🏚 I have learned so much home improvement tips just by watching all their informative episodes 👍 I've been watching for so many years and I'm still like a boy in a candy store 😀
Thank you so much for this video. I've been trying to find info on installing my new ledger with the top half fastened to the rim joist and the bottom half into my cinder block foundation wall. This is exactly what I was invisioninig and made me feel a lot better about it.
@@ajsdfk it went well, but I ended up raising the ledger to completely attach to the rim joist. Fastened it with structural screws that were the equivalent to 1/2" lags. Turned out great.
This was so helpful. It’s so hard to find quality videos about fixing old houses that are made of brick or stone. My house was built in the 1890s so the way it’s constructed it very odd. I don’t have a lot of wood in the house. For example, my floor joist aren’t attached to any supporting wood, they lay directly in between bricks of the house’s walls. Meaning my foundation stone was put in place and then the joists were placed on top of those and then the bricks were placed around them and up it went until you make it to the roof. I’m getting a roof replacement in about a month so I’ll see how that was built soon. I’ve been watching a lot of videos trying to figure out the best way to attach my new front porch and sunroom addition.
@@flat-earther Unfortunately my roof replacement date was pushed up so I couldn't take off work to watch them work. I wasn't able to see as much as I wanted. But I did find out that the roof that was on the house was the original one. As in, as they started replacing the one layer of asphalt shingles, they uncovered all my original slate. And sadly, none of the five chimneys had been closed even though the fireplaces had been bricked up and plastered over in the 1910s. The roof replacement ended up costing more than originally planned as well because they had to replace a lot of the wood that was up there. We haven't attached the new front porch yet, I'm hoping we can do it before the end of October because my old porch won't survive another Missouri winter.
I wish I had seen the preamble where they showed how the homeowner described the problem. Regardless, Tommy did a great job. Also, where does he buy his dimensional lumber? The crap at my box store is one step up from firewood!
Tommy is the Master! Imagine Tommy coming to your house? This is not what normally happens!!! Wondering why Tommy didn't want to predrilled the sill to avoid splitting that just as the ledger....any way, saved to my favorites!! Love Tommy!
Many jurisdictions will no longer the use of lag bolts, only carriage bolts. Also not allowing bolting to masonry at all. At that point it must be free standing. As a firefighter we had a call to a home for a deck collapse. It was a rather large deck about 12 feet above the ground and it had pulled away from the house. Because of the number of injured and the media attention it drew, this accident was investigated. It did have the proper number of bolts spaced properly and had passed inspection several years prior. Because the lag bolts had pulled away from the house the county required the use of carriage bolts.
Lt. Dan, that's pretty funny because carriage bolts are just as likely to pull away as the lag bolts. They're pretty much the exact same thing. Only difference is the carriage bolts may be slightly harder to install. That would be like determining that smooth shank roof nails were inadequate to hold down shingles and that smooth shank drywall nails are to be used in their place.
I always enjoy these short videos especially when I see they are using the same exact power tools that I have it's like hay I got the right tools for the job
My deck has right joist hangers, but the nail heads are rusting after 10 years so I think they used the wrong nails. Wondering if I can just hang a larger hanger over existing as well and nail into place?
Good video Tommy. A quick question if I may, would the use of chemical anchors be less inclined to produce micro cracking and therefore eventually 'pull out' of the masonry wall. Any type of Expansionary Masonry Anchor produces stress lines in brick, block, rock and in close proximity to concrete edges which result in ultimate failure. Chemical anchors are safer, transmitting only the consequence of the load with no built in stress fractures.😁 Just a thought. Love your work. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
At 3:50, did he drill through both the ledger board and the block of spacer wood with the same hammer drill and masonry bit that he also used to drill into the foundation? That's a good way to burn up your masonry bits prematurely. I know, because I had an apprentice do that to my 18 inch heavy duty masonry bits on a job site.
I prefer if at all possible to use all thread washers & nuts inside and out rather than lags. you get a much better mechanical fastening using this method, providing that you have access to the inside sill. masonry lags we right on as well as the larger joist hangers.
After you attach the ledger board like this, the entire deck is now supported on the house end by only the nails that hold the joist hangers. Is this safe?
I just had my inspection on my new deck and they want a few hangers that connect the deck truss to the house truss through the ledger board. They are saying the joist hangers are only connected to the ledger board and could pull off the house. Do they make some special hangers to do this? This is a 10'x18' deck with 2x10 trusses at 12 centers because of the composite deck boards and is only 7 feet off the ground. Also the ledger board is bolted with two 1/2" carriage bolts in every joist space.
"They are saying the joist hangers are only connected to the ledger board and could pull off the house." This statement doesn't really make sense. The hangers can't pull off the house, only off the ledger. So I'm confused. But, carriage bolts are not meant for use on ledgers, through bolts are. You can use some special lags as well, but it's not the best way.
Ideally, the deck wouldn't be attached to the house at all but standing on its own footings all around. Costs more but no siding/leaking/sagging issues.
I've seen some damaged houses with this detail. I would not apply it on walls located on the weak diaphragm axis. Any foundation settlement will damage the house.
when useing those type of masonry bolt back the nut off to the end of it to make sure you dont mess up the threads when you are hitting it with the hammer its not something that will happen all the time but i have seen it before
Another thing in addition to what you already mentioned is when you tighten the expansion bolt and too much of the body gets exposed you can hammer it back in and re tighten for a better fastening action.
Well.. depending on how difficult it is to hammer the bolt, if you have the nut too high on the bolt, you risk basically melding the nut and thread together. Did that my first day beating in para-bolts for stud plates...
Dont know what they are called but here we got these special tool bits you attach into your hammer drill and you drive the masonry anchor in to the hole with the impacting action of the drill.. Hilti among other makes these ... setting tools? Closest thing I found on the Hilti US page was TE-C HEX, TE-Y HEX. No idea if it's exactly the thing I'm talking about. I highly recommend it. If you are trying to drive a relatively big anchor you need a beefy drill tho.
This is a bit of a different question but still deals with attaching wood to masonry. I own a 1960's ranch home- wood frame with brick veneer. Asphalt sheet type sheathing was originally used, with no type of moisture barrier wrap like Tyvek. The home has experienced termite damage and some of the exterior walls will need to be reframed. I have some contractors telling me it's not a problem to reframe and repair and other's telling me they literally don't know if it can be done because there would be no way to retie the brick veneer wall into the new framing. Is there an approved standard method to retie the brick veneer into a newly framed wall from the interior (or some way to tie the brick veneer to the newly framed wall from the exterior instead of the interior) so that the brick would both maintain its structural security and avoid cracking? Any advice would be extremely appreciated!!
TravelingInk they do make special screws that you still through your existing veneer into the framing. Talk to a specialty fastener store, or an engineer. They should be able to set you on the right path.
I'm about to covr my porch . It's a brick house . which of the bolts should I use to attach a ledger board agains a brick wall. Is it a lag screw or through bolt ?
Is the rest of the deck free floating or on a foundation below frost line like the house? If free floating, won't it eventually work itself loose with freeze/thaw?
@@TheUnlikeGuy your opinion. He is after all a master Craftsman that has his own show in a professional that poops out videos to try to help people to do things we all have our opinions. Be respectful. Just because it's not the way people would do it does not mean it's wrong
I'm confused that code requirements nowadays reference brackets rather than lag bolts or threaded rod through wood. Do 1.25" long bracket nails really hold better than a 1/2" diameter bolt or rod over time?
In my state lag bolting the ledger board to the rim joists is now against code, you must use through bolts with nuts and washers on both sides. If that means crawling through the crawl space, tearing out drywall or whatever you have to do to get to the inside of the rim joists, that's what you gotta do, and if the inspector doesn't have reasonable access you must take pictures. And if it is a masonry or stucco house the deck must be free standing meaning you have to install support posts under the side of the deck that is against the house as well, including footers. It can be a drop beam but the rim of the deck against the house must then be doubled instead of the single ply ledger. I've never heard of using red head concrete anchors to attach a deck horizontally to a house, they're usually used for attaching post bases to footers.
A lot of this is actually quite a bit off code, a good fair amount of videos really. The plumbing is often a bit questionable. Nonetheless, for people without knowledge this will do just fine. It is your house after all, unless you need a permit for the size of project, you should be fine doing things a bit shifty.
My deck has sunk about 2 inches where it attaches to the house; resulted from the house settling; we have a screen room built on top; wondering if there is a safe way to balance the deck back out.
I have the same issue only worse! My deck is about 34 inches off grade so its difficult to work under. Since I found out they didn't properly attach the ledger to the house, I was going to run another beam. There is only one beam installed and that's not done correctly either. So my plan is now to pour concrete for six new footers using 8" Sonotubes to a 3' depth. The existing beam has three 4 X 4's which are dug into grade no concrete! Also the beam is sandwiched around the 4 X 4's with thru lag bolts, also not proper! I plan on having 12" of concrete of the Sonotubes above grade attaching the beams to either a Simpson Strong-Tie or a 6 X 6 or combo of each. This deck is 20' X 12' , the Beams are 2 X 10's as are the stringers set at 24". The Beams will be 2 X 10's sistered with all the correct hardware. All the Stringers are in good condition as are the existing 2 X 10's but will be replacing those as well. All the Deck boards are bad and the reason I started this mess in the first place. Do yourself a favor and crawl under your decks with a flash light. It is something like 80% of all decks built in the US are built wrong! Also Home Inspectors do not inspect decks, I found this out the hard way!!
I've gotta say. I'm a woman and watching you tube to learn to fix things myself. I was watching installing closet doors and the computer kept playing leading me this fabulous deck. Men who fix correctly, and build, and work hard are always incredibly sexy and I truly mean it.
I prefer to use drop-in anchors that you set with the special punch tool and a gammer before threading a bolt or threaded Rod into them. Wearing hearing protection while using the impact driver in that confined space underneath the deck would have been a good idea, it must gave been really loud !
Getting ready to build a porch. Done like to fasted the back beam to the house. Going to set back posts and fasten to them. Notches in all posts to support porch.
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I could listen to Tommy explain how he's going to fix something all day. A true master at his profession.
He really is as a carpenter with almost fifty years of experience I enjoy him as well. If you want another excellent man his RUclips channel is the essential carpenter very knowledgeable and easy to understand and listen to.
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For carpentry and general construction, yes. I've only been impressed with one person's masonry skills in my 15 years watching these gentlemen. They get by and up to code. But, practice and tenure aren't something most of them have with masonry, so I understand. Still, I agree with your comment. Happy home remodeling 🤘
@@drymoonproperties yes he always does it right so the next guy doesn't have to fix it. Old school knowledge
@@drymoonproperties ooooooooooo
The engineered hanger trick is the best one I have seen on youtube in a long time. 44yrs a carpenter and I did not know that.
I'm home on my couch and when Tommy said, "This deck is ready to fall" my heart started racing and I spilled my beer.
what are we gonna do? Proper answer "get the heck out of under the deck!"
Tommy's my boy! Never lets me down. Just when I thought he was going to over look those undersized hangers; bang! There he is installing new ones!!!
"Undersized hangers" lol. Have you ever personally tested the holding strength of a properly fastened 2x4 joist hanger? Those things are the definition of over-kill if properly fastened. Do yourself a favor and don't believe everything the media and lawmakers try to sell you.
Your boy? Hes a Man. Your the boy
Uttered by every man doing a repair or lashing something down....."That ain't going anywhere."
“Hold my beer”...you forgot that part
Anything that involves something that moves but shouldn't. Just like the duct tape vs. WD-40 analogy.
I've said it every time I've loaded motorcycles on a trailer or in a truck.
That ain't going nowhere. NO where.
Enlarging and going over the timber hanger was a great move. They're a real pain to take off.
Great vid!
no problem taking them off , there easy if you use the right tool . When you look at the number of nails in those joist saddle sabout two from what I saw and if you put those larger over its a hell of a job to nail the new saddle through the old one and the original ones are cheap electro plated they are corroding . Should be stainless steel. Also bolting into masonary plaster and veneers have no strength .
4.5 inch grinder with cutting blade, its a cinch. Fist shoot 2 16s toe nailed into ledger, remove the hangers, replace. Use Zmax rated for PT
@@gregreed402 if you use a positive position nailer its easy to blast through that steel. It will at least get it started then finish it off with a hammer.
This is a great site to give to homebuyers to educate themselves on how home repair projects should be done. I see so many properties with improper home installations. It's good to get a sound understanding of how things should be done. This site really helps to get that understand. Great videos. Thanks
Tommy Rocks! Every time I watch a video with him in it, I am beyond impressed! Outstanding!
Tommy and Norm, the best of the best.
I used to build decks attached to the house, as in "bearing the weight ". Now I build with posts 2 or 3 feet minimum from the house and bolt ledger to the structure for stability. Great video by the way.
You always have some of the coolest tricks. The way you jack something up is so impressive. Once you do it and explain it makes so much sense. It's one of those things that is so simple that it is mysterious
How the heck did that deck stay up with just nails? Insane.
I'm building a treehouse for my son and was talking to the hardware guy at Lowe's about buying some hardware. He recommended that I attach my joists to the supporting posts by nails or screws. I was like, umm, no thank you.
Nails are actually extremely strong with sheering forces.
16 penny nail has a sheer force of like 130 pounds youd honestly only need a couple to hold it up for a few people. its definitely not safe especially for a party but really its not that bad.
you underestimate the power of nails
avo how was she?
Love This Old House 🏚 I have learned so much home improvement tips just by watching all their informative episodes 👍 I've been watching for so many years and I'm still like a boy in a candy store 😀
His tips are always great. He is definitely a master builder.
Thank you so much for this video. I've been trying to find info on installing my new ledger with the top half fastened to the rim joist and the bottom half into my cinder block foundation wall. This is exactly what I was invisioninig and made me feel a lot better about it.
how did it go
@@ajsdfk it went well, but I ended up raising the ledger to completely attach to the rim joist. Fastened it with structural screws that were the equivalent to 1/2" lags. Turned out great.
Nicely done! That won't fall down now. I didn't notice any flashing, though. You'll need that to protect the ledger.
This was so helpful. It’s so hard to find quality videos about fixing old houses that are made of brick or stone. My house was built in the 1890s so the way it’s constructed it very odd. I don’t have a lot of wood in the house. For example, my floor joist aren’t attached to any supporting wood, they lay directly in between bricks of the house’s walls. Meaning my foundation stone was put in place and then the joists were placed on top of those and then the bricks were placed around them and up it went until you make it to the roof. I’m getting a roof replacement in about a month so I’ll see how that was built soon. I’ve been watching a lot of videos trying to figure out the best way to attach my new front porch and sunroom addition.
Well did you get to see how your roof was built? & how did you attach your new porch?
@@flat-earther Unfortunately my roof replacement date was pushed up so I couldn't take off work to watch them work. I wasn't able to see as much as I wanted. But I did find out that the roof that was on the house was the original one. As in, as they started replacing the one layer of asphalt shingles, they uncovered all my original slate. And sadly, none of the five chimneys had been closed even though the fireplaces had been bricked up and plastered over in the 1910s. The roof replacement ended up costing more than originally planned as well because they had to replace a lot of the wood that was up there. We haven't attached the new front porch yet, I'm hoping we can do it before the end of October because my old porch won't survive another Missouri winter.
@@tylerhumphries3428Any updates?
Tom I always watch this old house when I can. You guys are great 👍.
wow. look at those antique tools! We've come so far in so few years. and the cellphone on his hip too.
I wish I had seen the preamble where they showed how the homeowner described the problem. Regardless, Tommy did a great job.
Also, where does he buy his dimensional lumber? The crap at my box store is one step up from firewood!
Try a real lumber yard if are any left
Tom Silva is a beast
Those masonry bolts are pretty cool how they self expand the cone collar at the tip of the bolt while drilling.
Yes they are, and they've only been around since Christ walked the earth. Class dismissed.
Mr. Silva gives very detailed instruction.
He made me smile when he started jumping on the deck. He reminded me of a small child 😂
One day I will own a deck... and maybe build a house around it
All tricks we use in the field... you can't beat old school. Carpenter/framer for 20 years.
The very next day the house fell down but, the deck is still standing 😁
I jokey 😉
Good work guys.
Tom Silva You Do Great Work My Friend...
Tommy is the Master! Imagine Tommy coming to your house? This is not what normally happens!!! Wondering why Tommy didn't want to predrilled the sill to avoid splitting that just as the ledger....any way, saved to my favorites!! Love Tommy!
Many jurisdictions will no longer the use of lag bolts, only carriage bolts. Also not allowing bolting to masonry at all. At that point it must be free standing. As a firefighter we had a call to a home for a deck collapse. It was a rather large deck about 12 feet above the ground and it had pulled away from the house. Because of the number of injured and the media attention it drew, this accident was investigated. It did have the proper number of bolts spaced properly and had passed inspection several years prior. Because the lag bolts had pulled away from the house the county required the use of carriage bolts.
Lt. Dan, that's pretty funny because carriage bolts are just as likely to pull away as the lag bolts. They're pretty much the exact same thing. Only difference is the carriage bolts may be slightly harder to install. That would be like determining that smooth shank roof nails were inadequate to hold down shingles and that smooth shank drywall nails are to be used in their place.
Make it look simple yet professional
I always enjoy these short videos especially when I see they are using the same exact power tools that I have it's like hay I got the right tools for the job
I could watch Tom work all day!
I used ledger screws into the studs in my house and then lag bolts at the end as the ledger wanted to twist out. Worked great
Watching Tommy work is pure gold!
I've watched this video like 7 times idk why it's interesting every time.
My deck has right joist hangers, but the nail heads are rusting after 10 years so I think they used the wrong nails. Wondering if I can just hang a larger hanger over existing as well and nail into place?
Man, this gentleman is worth his weight in gold.
Makes it sound and seem so simple!!
I use to be so angry when this show was on and my dad would not change it... now I watch this on RUclips and ignore my children...
Good video Tommy. A quick question if I may, would the use of chemical anchors be less inclined to produce micro cracking and therefore eventually 'pull out' of the masonry wall. Any type of Expansionary Masonry Anchor produces stress lines in brick, block, rock and in close proximity to concrete edges which result in ultimate failure. Chemical anchors are safer, transmitting only the consequence of the load with no built in stress fractures.😁 Just a thought. Love your work. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
There is no such thing as a safe ledger board.
Decks should be built from the ground up.
At 3:50, did he drill through both the ledger board and the block of spacer wood with the same hammer drill and masonry bit that he also used to drill into the foundation? That's a good way to burn up your masonry bits prematurely. I know, because I had an apprentice do that to my 18 inch heavy duty masonry bits on a job site.
What about flashing for the ledger board and some caulking to prevent water from getting down between the ledger board and sill/foundation????
I prefer if at all possible to use all thread washers & nuts inside and out rather than lags. you get a much better mechanical fastening using this method, providing that you have access to the inside sill. masonry lags we right on as well as the larger joist hangers.
After you attach the ledger board like this, the entire deck is now supported on the house end by only the nails that hold the joist hangers. Is this safe?
I just had my inspection on my new deck and they want a few hangers that connect the deck truss to the house truss through the ledger board. They are saying the joist hangers are only connected to the ledger board and could pull off the house. Do they make some special hangers to do this? This is a 10'x18' deck with 2x10 trusses at 12 centers because of the composite deck boards and is only 7 feet off the ground. Also the ledger board is bolted with two 1/2" carriage bolts in every joist space.
"They are saying the joist hangers are only connected to the ledger board and could pull off the house." This statement doesn't really make sense. The hangers can't pull off the house, only off the ledger. So I'm confused.
But, carriage bolts are not meant for use on ledgers, through bolts are. You can use some special lags as well, but it's not the best way.
Once again, Tommy nailed it.
Another great video and I've learned again more thanks for sharing
I never see Tommy hit his finger with the hammer 🔨 and swear like a normal Craftsman. Amazing 😉
All of these tricks that makes lot of sense. This only comes by knowledge and experience.
Ideally, the deck wouldn't be attached to the house at all but standing on its own footings all around. Costs more but no siding/leaking/sagging issues.
with out proper flashing asking for major water damage to sill and siding
expert alert!
Worked homeowner claims for 30 years. Saw dozens of claims for extensive rot to sill plates from lack of flashing and moisture barriers. Spot on.
The Do Man The Do Man shouldn’t it be treated anyway due to contact with the foundation ?
Simon Legree I have the same issue. I need a new deck but I’m not sure how I’m suppose to prevent it really once it’s repaired.
Thank you! Beat me to it.
I've seen some damaged houses with this detail. I would not apply it on walls located on the weak diaphragm axis. Any foundation settlement will damage the house.
Good Job!! Y'all Take Care & Stay Safe... Carl & Judy Thornton ~ Lamar County, ALABAMA ~
when useing those type of masonry bolt back the nut off to the end of it to make sure you dont mess up the threads when you are hitting it with the hammer its not something that will happen all the time but i have seen it before
Yep. Surprised Tommy's eye for detail missed that.
Another thing in addition to what you already mentioned is when you tighten the expansion bolt and too much of the body gets exposed you can hammer it back in and re tighten for a better fastening action.
Well.. depending on how difficult it is to hammer the bolt, if you have the nut too high on the bolt, you risk basically melding the nut and thread together. Did that my first day beating in para-bolts for stud plates...
expert alert!
Dont know what they are called but here we got these special tool bits you attach into your hammer drill and you drive the masonry anchor in to the hole with the impacting action of the drill.. Hilti among other makes these ... setting tools? Closest thing I found on the Hilti US page was TE-C HEX, TE-Y HEX. No idea if it's exactly the thing I'm talking about. I highly recommend it. If you are trying to drive a relatively big anchor you need a beefy drill tho.
This is a bit of a different question but still deals with attaching wood to masonry. I own a 1960's ranch home- wood frame with brick veneer. Asphalt sheet type sheathing was originally used, with no type of moisture barrier wrap like Tyvek. The home has experienced termite damage and some of the exterior walls will need to be reframed. I have some contractors telling me it's not a problem to reframe and repair and other's telling me they literally don't know if it can be done because there would be no way to retie the brick veneer wall into the new framing. Is there an approved standard method to retie the brick veneer into a newly framed wall from the interior (or some way to tie the brick veneer to the newly framed wall from the exterior instead of the interior) so that the brick would both maintain its structural security and avoid cracking? Any advice would be extremely appreciated!!
TravelingInk they do make special screws that you still through your existing veneer into the framing. Talk to a specialty fastener store, or an engineer. They should be able to set you on the right path.
What was the waterproofing between the ledger board and the sill???
I'm about to covr my porch . It's a brick house . which of the bolts should I use to attach a ledger board agains a brick wall. Is it a lag screw or through bolt ?
Is the rest of the deck free floating or on a foundation below frost line like the house?
If free floating, won't it eventually work itself loose with freeze/thaw?
I see I found a smart one in the comments section meanwhile everyone else is sucking the air out there compressor
Is there ANY job that Tom Silva cannot do??? The guy is AMAZING!!! But whoever did that deck job should be fired!!!
Doug Celeste yes hardwood flooring
Yea, a good job.
Not fired, castrated.
@@TheUnlikeGuy your opinion. He is after all a master Craftsman that has his own show in a professional that poops out videos to try to help people to do things we all have our opinions. Be respectful. Just because it's not the way people would do it does not mean it's wrong
Fired? He should be in jail getting pounded out daily
I'm confused that code requirements nowadays reference brackets rather than lag bolts or threaded rod through wood. Do 1.25" long bracket nails really hold better than a 1/2" diameter bolt or rod over time?
In my state lag bolting the ledger board to the rim joists is now against code, you must use through bolts with nuts and washers on both sides. If that means crawling through the crawl space, tearing out drywall or whatever you have to do to get to the inside of the rim joists, that's what you gotta do, and if the inspector doesn't have reasonable access you must take pictures. And if it is a masonry or stucco house the deck must be free standing meaning you have to install support posts under the side of the deck that is against the house as well, including footers. It can be a drop beam but the rim of the deck against the house must then be doubled instead of the single ply ledger. I've never heard of using red head concrete anchors to attach a deck horizontally to a house, they're usually used for attaching post bases to footers.
T L S true in NJ also. Building inspectors cannot approve lag bolts.
A lot of this is actually quite a bit off code, a good fair amount of videos really. The plumbing is often a bit questionable. Nonetheless, for people without knowledge this will do just fine. It is your house after all, unless you need a permit for the size of project, you should be fine doing things a bit shifty.
why did you use 2 types of the fastener for the ledger? is there any specific reason?
One is going into the wood sill, the other is going into the foundation which is concrete.
My deck has sunk about 2 inches where it attaches to the house; resulted from the house settling; we have a screen room built on top; wondering if there is a safe way to balance the deck back out.
Sounds like a lot of work.
Nice work
Tommy you are wicked smart
Beautiful job
I love this old house
I have the same issue only worse! My deck is about 34 inches off grade so its difficult to work under. Since I found out they didn't properly attach the ledger to the house, I was going to run another beam. There is only one beam installed and that's not done correctly either. So my plan is now to pour concrete for six new footers using 8" Sonotubes to a 3' depth. The existing beam has three 4 X 4's which are dug into grade no concrete! Also the beam is sandwiched around the 4 X 4's with thru lag bolts, also not proper! I plan on having 12" of concrete of the Sonotubes above grade attaching the beams to either a Simpson Strong-Tie or a 6 X 6 or combo of each. This deck is 20' X 12' , the Beams are 2 X 10's as are the stringers set at 24". The Beams will be 2 X 10's sistered with all the correct hardware. All the Stringers are in good condition as are the existing 2 X 10's but will be replacing those as well. All the Deck boards are bad and the reason I started this mess in the first place. Do yourself a favor and crawl under your decks with a flash light. It is something like 80% of all decks built in the US are built wrong! Also Home Inspectors do not inspect decks, I found this out the hard way!!
Tommy makes it look easy.
I've gotta say. I'm a woman and watching you tube to learn to fix things myself. I was watching installing closet doors and the computer kept playing leading me this fabulous deck. Men who fix correctly, and build, and work hard are always incredibly sexy and I truly mean it.
Hi :)
It’s best to use screws into the timber hangers. Also for the temporary supports, they should use screws. Much easier to take out than nails.
Always bring the nut to the tip of the bolt when hammering, the threads will be saved from getting damaged.
It has a tapered head meant for hitting, hello?
the threads behind the nut are only needed if you back the nut off. Which he wouldn't be doing...
I was curious about when you have a deck against your house.. what keeps water from penetrating where is been fastened to the house..?
I didn't see any flashing either.
4:30 buddy blew out the concrete hammering and spun out the anchor lmao. Tommy didn't have the heart to tell him
I prefer to use drop-in anchors that you set with the special punch tool and a gammer before threading a bolt or threaded Rod into them. Wearing hearing protection while using the impact driver in that confined space underneath the deck would have been a good idea, it must gave been really loud !
Good job
Good job 👍
Bottle jacks, a wonderful thing!
Send this man to Surfside and inspect everything.
This particular one really saved the family from a tragic accident.
Master Silva! 🙏
I love this show
Good tips thanks 🙏
Tommy is awesome.
I used 4x4 pressure treated posts (6) on my 9'x12' composite deck and legged up my deck which is already lagged to house.
How about adding some flashing before attaching the ledger to the rock stemwall?
Best part was seeing Tom at the end doing that bouncing demonstration 😅
Tommys voice for construction is the equivalent of Mike Rowe to dirty jobs…. Smooth easy to listen too
I want Tom Silva to be my mentor.
I second that! One can learn so much in that scenario!
Very nicely explained 👍
Thanks 🙏
Another deck ledger initially held up by wishes and dreams.
Was there any need to install flashing?
Getting ready to build a porch. Done like to fasted the back beam to the house. Going to set back posts and fasten to them. Notches in all posts to support porch.
Tommy is the GOAT
Tommy got them hops!!!
Because of local codes in CA.....I once spent lots of time removing decks from contacting homes...forest fires.
What is a perfect world??? It’s a perfect world when your next door neighbor is Tom!!
thank you!
Hi I just bought a house and the wall to attach my ledger is all bricks, I need help how to find my band board, any suggestions?
One of the best in the buisness 👊🇺🇲
Great idea!