Deck day 4

A ledger board is secured to the concrete foundation. This ledger board is not meant to support the weight of the deck. Instead it is mean to simply tied to the deck post and make sure the deck is not moving away or towards the house.

Whenever a ledger board is secured to your hour’s outside surface. You should always make sure your contractor uses some kind of spacer so that the ledger is not tight against the outside surface. This is the proper way to allow water to drain away from the ledger board. Here I have about 1/4″ of space between the ledger board and the concrete surface.