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Bad form on the building of that thing. I don’t know much about construction, but that is even below the standard of the average joe handyman job.
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I don't do a fast job. I don't do a slow job. I do a half fast job.
So even though looks new doesn’t mean it’s new 90 years is a long time for wood
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I posted about this deck collapse at the beginning of this page of this thread. I just found this article with the cause determined. we seldom ever find out the cause of these failures that make the news. It is always informative and a learning experience to know the “Why”.
In this case it was the failure to replace the deck ledger and fasten it properly when the decks were replaced in between 13 and 25 years ago. The contractor replacing the decks relied on the 90+ year old ledger board and the 90+ year old nails that it was fastened with. The article states “the nails were very corroded….”
here is a link to the article in the Hartford Courant with the complete article.
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-trinity-porch-collapse-report-20160929-story.html
My local Irish bar had a benefit show to collect money for the families of the kids that went down. That was a funn hight.
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Wow, can’t believe they did not replace the ledger, and use proper fastening, just thankfully no body lost their lives,
I am definitely not a deck builder, but those are two things I definitely would have looked at.Wow, can’t believe they did not replace the ledger, and use proper fastening, just thankfully no body lost their lives,
I am definitely not a deck builder, but those are two things I definitely would have looked at.Makes you wonder about old houses where everything is original, but LOOKS to be in good condition.
Old thread but this seemed to fit best here.
I saw this , with another deck failure. It is that time of year. From the photo, I would say a failure at the ledger board, either the attachment to the house or the joist attachment to the ledger.
And another one, The ledger board was nailed to the house. Father and son were repairing it (to an extent) and it collapsed. Life threatening injuries to the father (neck and ankle).
Don’t let this happen to you
And another one, The ledger board was nailed to the house. Father and son were repairing it (to an extent) and it collapsed. Life threatening injuries to the father (neck and ankle).
Don’t let this happen to you
Very sad to see that some one got hurt over some one else taking short cuts. Thanks for sharing this story.
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I am not a fan of ledger boards. Given a choice I would go for full support on all sides from the ground and have either no ledger board or have the ledger board be an redundancy.
A second floor deck that’s some height.
Plus the landing on a wheelbarrow. Don’t even want to think about it.You could see all the decks were the same built along that row. The grey one beside it looks like it is abut to fall too just seeing how angled it is from the others.
You could see all the decks were the same built along that row. The grey one beside it looks like it is abut to fall too just seeing how angled it is from the others.
That’s the scary thing – they’re probably all just a moment away from the same thing happening again and again…
Charlie
__________________You don’t know what happened that caused the collapse though.
Was it the original construction, wood rot, corroded fasteners etc…and the new contractor breathe on it and boom it collapsed?
Or the new contractor didn’t brace or support the structure adequately during the repair when things were taken apart?
Or a combination of the two.
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