AS ONE CAN ENVISION BY NOW, THESE BRACKETS ALLOW THE DECK TO BE SECURED TO THE STRONG WOOD FRAMING OF THE DWELLING AND NOT THE WEAK BRICK OR STONE VENEER. IT HAS PERSONALLY BEEN EXPERIENCED THAT THE BRICK OR STONE VENEER WAS NOT ONLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP THE DECK BUT WAS ALSO...
Set the joist into the joist hanger. Use a framing square, try square, or speed square to ensure that the joists are perpendicular to the ledger. If you nailed joist hangers to the girder previously, as some carpenters do, you'll just drop the ledger board end of the joist into the ha...
Although not essential, it's good insurance to reinforce the corner connection with a 90° reinforcing angle as shown. To prevent puncturing the metal flashing underneath the ledger, special 1-1/2" long 10d double hot-dipped zinc coated joist hanger nails are used to attach the reinforcing ...
Some deck joists were secured to the deck ledger board using steel connectors (not joist hangers) and with roofing nails. Hammering a roofing nail home against a steel joist hanger cracks the thin nail head and risks connection failure. Roofing nails are not structural fasteners. Other deck jois...
Borhaf metal fabricator manufactures framing connectors for wood construction,includes Joist hangers (Face mount, top mount), Truss&Rafter tiedowns ( Sesismic ties, Tiedowns), Anchors&Angles (Angles,Brackets,Concrete Anchors), Straps&Strap ties ( Floor to floor s...