The Deck Professor

Lessons / Inspection and common failures

Click the fault

Rust where metal meets treatment

Click what the rust is telling you, then fix it
Hanger
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A rust streaked hanger left carrying a joist.

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The rule this lesson teaches

Rusted hangers, bolts and screws show where the metal does not match the treatment.

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