How To Attach A Deck To A House With Siding

Learn the tools techniques materials and fasteners to properly install a deck ledger board arguably a deck s single most important connec.

How to attach a deck to a house with siding. Properly installing a ledger board for your deck is one of the most important structural components of building a safe and strong deck. Gap between the end of the ledger and the ends of siding and fill it with high quality exterior caulk to keep water from leaking behind the ends of the ledger. You may need to pry the upper board out a bit and you may need to remove some nails. Slip the siding up under the siding board above.

Set the ends of the rim joists against the house and screw the l brackets into the sheathing. Use the 1 1 4 spacer board to position the siding at the correct height and drive nails to fasten it. Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board. The first is a small hook for unhooking a piece of siding from the piece below.

Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. Then cut away the siding. Lay out the joists on the ledger as shown here. For the siding you need two custom tools.

These 18 articles will teach you how to install flashing and bolt the ledger connection to the house rim. 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. Install the ledger between the rim joists and fasten it to the house with 3 inch decking screws.

Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails. If necessary create spacers by attaching pieces of decking to the top side of the frame that goes against the house. Set the blade depth so you won t cut into the house sheathing below the siding.