Ledger Over Flat Siding

Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails.

Ledger over flat siding.

Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. Aluminum and vinyl siding can easily be removed with tin snips from an area one foot surrounding the ledger board location. I have seen details with a piece of flashing behind the ledger board and extending over the siding below in addition to the drip cap. The ledger board is a horizontal framing member usually two by 10 or two by 12 lumber that supports one side of a deck and attaches flat to the wall of a house after removing a section of siding.

Never install a ledger board over the top of siding no matter what you hear this can weaken the connection. In order to install the ledger board you usually need to remove the house s siding. The manner in which lap siding covers the side of a house makes it impossible to connect a ledger board to. If you have beveled horizontal siding then use an inverted piece of siding as shown in the illustration here to create a plumb flat surface for attaching the ledger.

Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board. It only weighs 100 pounds it is a ledger board a front plate and eight 2x4 rafters sitting on two 4x4 posts. Ledger boards which lend strength and support to a deck by connecting it to a house must be installed on a virtually flat surface. The flashing would be flush with the house and the ledger spaced about 3 4 washers away from the house with the lag screws passing through the washers.

Get free shipping on qualified ledger stone stone veneer siding or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. I want to attach the ledger board directly into the hardiboard siding of the garage with lag screws using washers as spacers for drainage between the ledger and the siding. Then cut away the siding.