You ask interesting questions. I doubt the washers would be permitted by
code since it would weaken the structure but you need to check local code
and assuming you are in most states of the US decks require permits. One
just collapsed in Durham NC last month.


"Tim and Steph" wrote in message
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I've got a house with vertical board and batten siding. I want to build a
deck, so I need to hang a ledger board. The only issue is the flashing.
With normal siding, there's an obvious place to put the top edge of the
flashing - it goes under the siding. But, with vertical siding, I haven't
a clue where to put it - do I fire up the circular saw and run a kerf
across the siding, and put the flashing into that? It seems somewhat
counterintuitive to do this, but I don't see any other way to do it.

I've also been considering anchoring the ledger board somewhat off the
siding by using several of those "giant fender washer" type things. I'd
guess that this would give the water somewhere to go rather than staying
between the ledger board and the siding, and would prevent rot.

Thoughts?

-Tim