These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim.
Attaching awning header to brick house.
Tapcon style concrete screws can be used in place of through bolts in many cases.
Detailed photos in this article show the difference.
Anchor a ledger to a masonry wall with expanding anchor bolts begin by marking a line across the wall for the ledger s top edge.
Step 1 locate a position for a header or ledger board.
Fastening to masonry walls.
Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.
How to frame a roof against a brick wall.
This allows most awning fasteners to puncture the concrete lap siding and sheathing and make contact with the.
Build a deck that will last.
Fasteners should be installed at staggered heights to discourage the ledger from splitting and should be spaced no more than 24 oc.
Introduction with proper flashing a wood deck will last many years.
Using a stud finder locate the full left to right width of the header and axial studs.
That usually is done with a header or ledger board secured to the house.
Drill holes for the expanding anchors every 16 inches or as specified by local codes insert the anchors hold the ledger in place and tap it with a hammer to indent the anchor locations on its back face.
Lag bolts are driven through the ledger and the brick or siding and into the house s frame.
Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.
Sleeve alls can be used for fastening awnings to brick walls.
Without it the deck and the ledger it s attached to will quickly rot.
Check your local code on fastener.
Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to.
When the roof of an addition garage porch or patio meets a brick wall the intersection creates a number of concerns.
The roof framing itself in this.