Attach An Awning Ledger Board To A Wood Siding House

Re check for level and then drill lag screw or bolt pilot holes through the ledger and into the house s framing.

Attach an awning ledger board to a wood siding house.

Locate all the studs on the exterior wall in the area where the awning will be affixed. Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof. Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.

A ledger relies on the fasteners and strength of the wood ledger board and rim board of the house to carry the deck live and dead loads. Get 4 inches of the flashing under the bottom of the siding. Once the ledger board is tightly fastened into place use a caulk gun to caulk all the seams between the ledger and the house with weatherproof caulk. Use a chalk to join each s.

Slip the flashing under the siding so it will cover the ledger board. Then cut away the siding. In this instance minimum 1 2 lags are staggered along the length of the board. Attach the ledger with 1 2 inch diameter lag screws or bolts every 16 inches or as specified by local building codes.

Step 5 attach ledger board. The gap between each s should be at least 1 inches. Fasten the ledger board with 1 2 inch bolts and washers. Secure flashing with galvanized nails.

Attaching a deck ledger securely is only half the work of installing a ledger. Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger. Locate a position for a header or ledger board. Then use zinc lag screws to secure the ledger board to the house.

Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails. Temporarily nail or brace the ledger in place positioned and leveled at the desired height. Mark the studs between the two e with a pencil as s for the sidings. The screws should penetrate the ledger the sheathing the house and go into a framing beam such as a floor joist or a wall stud.

This is a side view of the perspective diagram above. Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board. Drill 1 2 inch holes through the ledger board into the planks between joists.