I dont know what SnS is thinking but I would say the biggest advantage to freestanding is you dont have to violate the seal of the house siding system.
From the msg;"If your lumber is S4S", not SnS.
Explained, it's "surfaced 4 sides".
I dont know what SnS is thinking but I would say the biggest advantage to freestanding is you dont have to violate the seal of the house siding system.
I would likely be attaching the ledger into brick.
I dont have a lot of experience hanging a ledger off brick work. old brick work is structural and with proper anchors I would think could support a great deal of weight. New brick work is mostly for looks and the wood structure is behind it holding the house up. Im sure you can attach your ledger to it and be ok, but if it was to be load bearing I think you would have to study it carefully.
From the msg;"If your lumber is S4S", not SnS.
Explained, it's "surfaced 4 sides".
SnS = Slow n Steady
It's standard 4"x4"x8" brick, not the thin façade brick they use sometimes.
Not soft and soggy?
We use nicknames and short cuts to save time I often use SnS and sometimes use Neal for nealtw, I also shorten Snoonyb to sob on occasion.
It's standard 4"x4"x8" brick, not the thin façade brick they use sometimes.
So can be shorten Bud to A
In Canada they call me Eh Bud or Eh Bub.
Studly -n- Sexy :Not soft and soggy?
Studly -n- Sexy :
While I'm not necessarily interested in starting a lengthy discussion, would you mind giving what are considered the main advantages of a freestanding as opposed to attached to the house.
I may be looking in the wrong place, but the only dimensions I can find for cedar are 1x sizes. I know I can just go in and talk to them, but I prefer to do as much research remotely as possible.
Slow and sloppy.
I understood that but the brickwork is still just a finishing element. In an old brick building the walls were over a foot thick and made of solid bricks with bricks turning back into the wall for strength. Now they tack a little metal tab ever few rows to the house and then mud it into the bricks for support. As mentioned above the bricks are more designed for weathering abilities and look and less as a structural element of the home.
So not only would I need to drill all the way through the brick but hope that I found a stud on the back side to mount the ledger to?
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