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OT: House shingles rotting where outside deck attaches.
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Posted by Alex (more from Alex) on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:42:50 Share Post by Email
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Hey guys,

Of topic question here, but maybe some of you have experience with this, or are in construction.

The shingles (cedar) in our house are rotting away where our backyard deck attaches to the house. The house is about 25 years old, and the deck is 20 or so. It appears that the ledger board for the deck was bolted right to the house (without any spacers), and it doesn't appear that any flashing was used. The deck boards butt right up against the house. I assume water is getting trapped between the deck and the shingles, and over 25 years, it rotted them away. If left alone, it looks like the rot will eventually get to the structure of the building. The door jamb of a sliding glass door is also rotting.

We'd like to repair this now before it gets worse. Any ways to fix this but also be able to keep the deck? I'm thinking we need to remove the deck boards that butt to the home, and then somehow remove the ledger which is bolted to the house, in order to remove the rotted shingles. I guess we can cut the stringers, maybe cut an inch off of them all, to free up the ledger board. Then, upon reassembly, now that the stringers are all in inch shorter, we can use some washers or something to act as spacers so that the ledger no longer touches the home, but isntead there is a little space so that water can run through. I figure this would solve bothes issues - how to remove the ledger in the first place, and then also it would prevent moisture buildup against the house.

Any opinions or experiences would be appreciated.
thanks!
Alex

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