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    Advice for strengthening structural mistakes

    yea it's actually a pretty solid job - someone just has a higher regard for deck screws than I do. I'll get that ledger more secure and forget about the rest of it. I have other stuff to do anyways.... Thanks to you and the rest for the responses, they were extremely helpful.
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    Advice for strengthening structural mistakes

    There are two rows of these blocks flush to the bottoms at 4' and 12' instead of in the middle. That part is OK.
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    Advice for strengthening structural mistakes

    I am sorry I do not have pics with me today. Oh that's an excellent idea and now that you say it I can't believe i didn't think of tackling the issue from inside the garage instead of outside. the garage is unfinished with access to the framing, so while I'd have to move a crap ton of stuff...
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    Advice for strengthening structural mistakes

    Thanks for your reply. They look to me like they are the 3" Power Pro gold-colored screws like these, or something really similar which I've used on deck boards before. The good part is that with the star-drive head, they are super easy to remove. They appear to be all 3" screws (I only...
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    Advice for strengthening structural mistakes

    My wife and I purchased a house with a detached 3-bay garage. On the back side of the garage the previous owners hacked in a 16x30 ft lean-to. The joists are 2x6x16 treated and set on Simpson joist hangers on both ends on 16" centers. The one good thing they did was use 6x6 posts and spanned...
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