Originally Posted by
Jeff Remas
You are looking at the deck attachment to the house on a 12' deck. There are no joist hangars, no ledger board. The joists are toe-nailed only. Not even a lousy ribbon strip for good measure.
Jeff,
I understand that, but ... there must be *something* holding those joists up ... right?
Okay, so, now back to my question: what is holding those joists up and how far back from 'the house end' is it located, and, how far to the next support back further?
Surely those joists 'are not' just hanging there in mid air, being supported by the deck flooring, are they?
I.e., let's say you have 4 feet between the support behind you and the house, then another 4 feet to the next support and another 4 feet to the next support ... *IF* those joists are properly sized, they 'could be' cantilevered toward the house that far and work ... i.e., 1/3 their span rating and supported on two or more supports.
You would effectively have a "free standing deck" which is "touching" the house. Right?
So ... not enough information was given, and I was asking for that missing information.