The Deck Professor

Lessons / Joists and spans

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Hangers need their own fasteners

Click what is wrong in this hanger, then fix it
Hanger
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Deck screws driven through a joist hanger.

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The rule this lesson teaches

A hanger is only as strong as the fasteners its maker names.

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