member deleted Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Is it acceptable to notch the support beam in this fashion? This is a twelve foot high deck off a three story townhouse. Thanks, Kevin Download Attachment: RK4051-SBell_034resized.jpg 49.68 KB Download Attachment: RK4051-SBell_035resized.jpg 78.7 KB Download Attachment: RK4051-SBell_036resized.jpg 44.67 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Originally posted by Kevin A. Richardson Is it acceptable to notch the support beam in this fashion? This is a twelve foot high deck off a three story townhouse. Thanks, Kevin That's not a beam. It's a post. Yes. It's fine to notch it. I'd be more comfortable, though, if it were connected to the girder with bolts that went all the way through, not just lag screws. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Whew! Kevin my man, you gots ta reduce those big 'ole files when you want to post 'em. Some of the boys have dial-up. I don't see anything in the IRC that I think is really on point, so I'm just going to give you my practical opinion. I think the notches themselves are okay. It gave the joists some pretty good direct bearing (always better than any hanger in my book) and a stabilizer on one side to fasten to. The fastening doesn't look that good though. One photo shows just a couple of lags, one or two others show none. I'd have gone farther if I built a deck 12 feet up. Which leads to what we can't see in the pics. At 12 feet high I hope there was some darn good bracing all over the place, like every vertical post, to keep that sucker stable. It's usually almost impossible to keep it rock stiff, but if you go light on the braces they can be pretty wiggly. Then there's the critical "how was it secured to the house" questions. I hope that's some help. Brian G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Originally posted by Brian G. snip Then there's the critical "how was it secured to the house" questions. I hope that's some help. Brian G. That's the key question! Any pics of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member deleted Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 All, Thanks for the replies. I am sorry for the large pictures. I just bought this new 4MP camera and I am still messing around with all the features. I didn't take any pictures of the how the deck was secured to the house. It appeared to me to be alright. It was bolted to the side of the house and properly flashed. Thanks, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisprickett Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 I'd recommend pre-drilling and thru-bolting with at least two carriage bolts, staggered, per post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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