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I like how they have a thicker piece of wood for holding up the roof than for holding up the deck + roof.
If this one was built like the one I took down, some, maybe all, of those boards on the bottom run into the structure itself for support, and those are beefy boards, especially on their side like that. Mine was supported with those and diagonal supports just to prevent sag.
Id guess they are replacing ground-tied supports, and those are just to keep the small bit of pull from causing damage to the roof and stuff while they swap them. Just long enough for the photo.
That or its completely floating and the boards are just for a laugh.
The word you’re looking for is “cantilevered”
Were they actually looking for it?
Just trying to help chief
Does that apply to the glass floor platform thing in the Sears Tower?
Just a mashup to make light of those who might want to be pedantic about the building…
I love you.
I refused to call it that when I lived there too lol
The other word they were also looking for is “beams”
gives it a good pat
Yeah, that’s not going anywhere.
Just needs a couple of steel shelf brackets like this. That should do it. Steel is really strong, you might think you could bend these with your hands, but you couldn’t.
It’s because of the seam, I bet without it would be much weaker, great design 😃👍
Also: no ledger board on the house side of that deck. Even with proper post support, it’s still a widowmaker.
No leger board is a good thing in this case, probably means it’s built as a cantilever setup like this
And the tiny supports probably aren’t needed at all and they just made a funny photo.
Edit: i have no idea if that far of a span is appropriate for that type of cantilever.
That would explain the use of 2x12 (2x10 maybe?) lumber and how it kinda disappears into the house past the siding. Still, I wouldn’t want that lumber exposed to the elements like that - it’s like asking for moisture to penetrate the structure.
Yeah, the bare wood is certainly a choice if that carries through into the house.
While I’m confident this is what is shown in OP’s pic, I’d still want support posts under a girder at the edge. Over-build it the first time and be done with it.
If I understand wood and math correctly then 2 x 2 equals 4. So that is 4 inches of solid wood for support. You should be okay. /s
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programmer decides to clean up tech debt *
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Deck fails completely *
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I suggest an empirical approach. Try having ten people jump up and down simultaneously on the balcony. That will quickly determine, if any action is required.
”If it works don’t fix it.”
If it’s stupid and it works, then it’s an OSHA violation.
If it doesn’t fix, work it
Illustration aside… this would just be considered a weeks worth of bug clean up by modern code standards.
Aka how divorced code is from reality.
Maybe it gets fixed with a hackathon!
Otherwise fuck off, you don’t understand our code architecture.
Did you just make up imaginary people to argue with you over your imaginary code?
Work in software. Then declare total anything…
“Imaginary people” is a funny term when you talk like that…
This is NSFW!
You should borrow galvanized square steel from your aunt
Get to the far edge and jump a bit to feel how much it gives, then decide.
