True, but even with that info. I’m not sure what they AHJ would accept outside standard thru bolts.
We had caulking.
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Old houses also had lead paint, which slowed down wood rot and prevented mildew.
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Yep. That stuff worked. I suppose that’s why you can walk up on a 60 year old home and then trim never rots, even with peeling paint.
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Older school.
Oddly enough, I see very few through bolts. I see mainly the ledger lock type and occasionally lag screws.
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No, that’s old growth wood.
(True story: new preschool in old building, painter tells the operators the paint is safe, I come and see flaking paint, look at the school district records which suggest last painting job was 1936. I test, then get a pro out for radioactive x-ray test – sure enough one of highest lead test results he’d ever seen. Paint that lasts that long on exterior wood is likely lead paint). Lead paint was good stuff, and some painters hoarded it just it was finally banned. European countries had banned lead paint nearly 100 years before the USA did – saved a lot of kids from exposure.
These days I use / recommend / specify Smith’s Penetrating Epoxy to stabilize rotted new-growth wood, avoid replacement:
Going back to the 70s and early 80s, all that was used was 16d galvanized nails to attach the leaderboard. Oh, well, that is the way it was done back in the day.
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Regional? Here, like our bolts. We use southern pine which is soft as butta’
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O, yeah, The hack method, then the wood will rot around the filler.
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Noooo.
This is the workable method.
The Bondo kings in the area get the nice looking patch that rots all around. A nice hard patch is impermeable to water, putting the fibers nearest at risk. Bondo is the worst, wood filler is close behind.
Smith’s is a completely different deal. Take a look at the website before dismissing it.
We always used 20d galvanized nails for ledgers and other areas of pull out.
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