The Deck Professor

Lessons / Materials and fasteners

Spot it

Which wood goes where

Pick the lumber for the ledger
Cedar ledger
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A cedar ledger bolted to the house.

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The rule this lesson teaches

Framing is pressure treated as a rule, the ledger included; decking and guards may be cedar, treated or composite. Only posts and wood within 6 in of the ground must be treated.

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