Then I fastened the top rail from below. Deck posts and railings screwed to a single rim joist feel wobbly because the joist ...

Robert was repairing a deck three months ago. This deck was about 13 miles from Chesapeake Bay in a Baltimore suburb. The joist hangers had severe corrosion. He reached out to me one day and said ...

If you have an attached deck, the ledger board is what holds the deck to your house’s rim joist, and it must be connected with proper hardware to ensure stability, Reeder says. Half-inch lag ...