Deck framing joists parallel to ledger

[akerlin (Austin Kerlin)]

Any thoughts on deck framing like this where the joists are parallel to the ledger? Is this allowable / code compliant? Been trying to find examples for a few hours now. Thanks

[tglaze (Thomas Glaze)]

Welcome Austin! You might scroll through this thread for some good info.

Parallel deck joists

Ok, so I’m celebrating 5 years in the business this month and this is a first for me. Inspected a house where the deck joists run parallel to the foundation. The house is 28 yrs old. Is this possible? My inner instinct says it’s all wrong, but, this is the first time, so maybe there’s something here for me to learn. Has anyone else encountered such a thing? [DSCN7730] [DSCN7732] [DSCN7736] [DSCN7739] [DSCN7747]

[sbridges2 (Scott Bridges)]

Welcome to the forum, Austin. Enjoy!! Check out the tread Thomas has posted.

[akerlin (Austin Kerlin)]

This is a good thread. shame I missed it before posting. thanks mate

[tglaze (Thomas Glaze)]

That’s what the forum is all about. A lot of knowledge to be gained here.

[lkage (Larry Kage, CMI)]

Welcome to our forum, Austin!..enjoy participating.