Attaching Deck To Hardboard Siding

Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides.

Attaching deck to hardboard siding.

Drill a inch diameter screw shank clearance hole through the ledger board but not into the sill plate. Snap a chalk line cut out the siding and tack up the ledger board. I have a new construction home about a year old and the siding is of the hardiplank variety. Tap the posts into place with a sledgehammer.

I am about to build my first deck. The decking is usually 1 in. Isn t deep enough to accommodate siding thickness. Of the 7 in.

Wrb and siding to overlap the top. If necessary raise the deck to its original height by temporarily installing 2x6 support posts beneath the deck. Wood or concrete siding will have to be cut away using a circular saw. Make sure you have enough room to install flashing above the ledger board and allow for at least a space above the decking preventing water from wicking upwards into wood siding.

Then slip flashing behind the siding covering the top edge of the ledger. I am a little worried about attaching the ledger board. Set the blade depth so you won t cut into the house sheathing below the siding. Next snap a chalk line across the siding the same length of the board.

Air space between the decking surface and bottom of the siding course. Thick and some siding types require there be a 2 in. By code but in. Attach a deck works great for mounting a ledger over existing siding.

The chalk line should be about 1 inch below the door that will open onto the finished deck. You just drill 2 1 2 in. Im assuming i need to remove it just as i would vinyl or wood siding in order to provide a flat surface for the ledger board. Attaching a deck ledger securely is only half the work of installing a ledger.

Using a 4 foot level check to make sure the line is straight. Wall leg covered by the wrb and. Conventional spacing systems are limited to in. Oh well i guess i ll mention it because if the deck builders just bolted through the siding then the flashing may not be adequate or even there.

Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board. Holes through the siding to the face of the sheathing apply the attach a deck fasteners and mount the ledger to the house.