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Old 05-30-2008, 10:03 AM
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Re: Deck Collapse
The way that deck collapsed leads me to believe the deck boards had rotted with age, especially the ones near the exposed to the weather outer edge, plus the ledger does not appear to be bolted. Deck construction has always been a Darwinian example of thinning the gene pool of folks who fail to see any danger in over loading wooden balcony decks, cocktails in hand, no matter what age or condition the deck may be?
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