Leder To Concrete Wall
You will likely need two helpers to hold the ends of the ledger board while you get ready to attach it to the masonry wall.
Leder to concrete wall. Concrete foundation wall the fourth technique involves securing the ledger to a concrete foundation wall rather than to the first floor band board. Anchors should be installed at staggered heights in between joists. Installing ledger to concrete wall. One of the benefits of this method is that more rigid minimum and maximum lag screw location configurations associated with mounting to band joists can be avoided.
From 2005 nds tab. Fastening a ledger to concrete. The ledger is not only the structural connection between the deck and the house. To attach a ledger to an icf wall the irc calls for direct concrete to wood contact which is usually accomplished with anchor tunnels these plastic inserts thread into 6 inch diameter holes drilled in the foam forms figure 2.
Fasten in place with nuts and a socket wrench. On this project the 2 10 joists of the main deck frame sit just about even with the top of the foundation and a landing framed with 2x8s sits atop the main frame serving as a transition point between the lowered deck and the patio door. A 2x8 ledger is fastened to the concrete foundation wall using x4 sleeve anchors or other concrete anchors. I use a rotary hammer same 1 2 bit ss threaded rod and the two part hilti material as a given it is high dollor stuff the two hole gun is around 60 they have a quick set and one thats a little slower but a person can build bridges with this stuff it is impossible to get the rod out after this material has set up tap con the ledger to the wall just to hold it in place drill thru the ledger into the wall push the hilti into the hole it mixes as it runs thru the gun twist the rod into it.
It s also what establishes the overall height and levelness of the entire deck frame. Ledger board attachment to a solid concrete foundation wall when attaching a ledger board to a masonry wall you will want to first cut the ledger board to size and have two helpers hold it in place so you can drill two holes every 12 through the wood where your bolts will be installed. Reposition the ledger so that the through bolts protrude through the ledger. Fit the board against the marks you made in step 2 and drill two holes one in the top and one in the bottom that are 12 inches apart.