Yes, the building code stated where possible you should penetrate the rim joist of the house with the bolt. So, yep, I'm going through brick, air, 2X something hard, and into the joist bay in the basement.
I was actually worried when I was trying to do half the ledger on the brick and half on the foundation that I would have to go all the way through the damn foundation and put 4X4 / 1/4 inch steel plate on the inside. This was also a requirement. This all sounds quite restrictive but the deal is it is only this bad if you aren't getting an architect to sign off and if you are doing the work yourself. If I had an architect, or was having a contractor do the work, I could have gotten away with more. I think next time I might just forget to visit the building office. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
