Do codes allow ledger rails to be used to hold up the joist or are joist hangers now code?

by Sarah
(TN)

Does this satisfy building codes?

I am having a deck built & several people have told me that it is not being built to current codes. I have been told that current codes require joist hangers to be used. This is a 2000 square ft. deck & they have just begun, so I need to know if this is up to codes. There are no inspectors in our area.

Comments for Do codes allow ledger rails to be used to hold up the joist or are joist hangers now code?

Average Rating

Click here to add your own comments

Nov 16, 2020
Rating

deck ledgers NEW
by: david wright

not with that half inch crack in the bottom. ledger strips outlast joist hangers.

Jan 23, 2017
Rating

Ledger strip V joist hangers
by: The Inspector

As Ledger strips are allowed by code (IRC 502.7) I would not personal nor recommend this method of attachment... you are setting your self up for failure....

Feb 01, 2012
Rating

Stop work now
by: Dan Morrison

I've seen lots of amateurs build better than that. Tell them to stop right now and give you your money back. This will only get worse (and more dangerous).

This wouldn't be right anywhere.

Feb 01, 2012
Rating

Don't do that
by: Editor-Rich Bergman

Definitely don't build like that. Use hot dip galvanized joist hangers, use 2x8 joists and if you really must go with 2x6 because you need to be lower to the grade then decrease joist spacing to no more than 12" on center.

But the codes do specify 2x8 in practically all situations I can think off.

What you are showing there is amateur work. Don't do that.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Framing and Decking Forum.