On 5/13/15 6:12 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 1:20:40 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
"Gramps' shop" wrote:
I think I mentioned earlier that my son has drafted me to help
build a fairly large deck at his cabin. The cabin is a
manufactured home elevated about two feet over a concrete slab.
There is skirting running around the perimeter of the structure.
The skirting is framed in 2x4s with verticle studs 16 inches on
center.

So ... here's the question: can we attach the ledger board to
the skirting framework? Or is a better approach a free-standing
deck?

Thanks,

Larry

The skirting framing is built specifically to hold the skirting.
Not a tough job for the framing.

In so much that it was not designed to hold a heavy deck too I
think I would go free standing and cantilever over to close the
gap.

My town had no problem approving my plans to attach my deck to my
house via the rim joist, and my town is not known for being lenient.

The city of Hopkins, MN thinks it's fine too:

http://www.hopkinsmn.com/home/buildi...ger-board2.gif


Apples and oranges. The rim joist on you house is sitting directly over
a foundation that is engineered to hold the weight of an entire house.


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