Urgent: cracks, are these a structural issue?

Building a Safe Deck.
http://www.strongtie.com/videolibrary/bssd.html# :slight_smile:

Yes, by your own admission they probably are not safe. Yet you claim that you can say they are “safe”.
Why don’t you ask Nick if he agrees with that you should/could state a deck is safe…

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Ron, being a Vendor, Not a home inspector, what is it you are trying to sell?

Why don’t you show us your version to prove that the one that Nick has is wrong and stop bi tching about it? Most of us use the IRC for a reference anyways.

Not trying to sell anything. Safety is my concern!!!

Then why are you a member, listed as a vendor?

So put an end to this rant and show us what is safe and unsafe in your own perspective rather than ridiculing the Association you belong to that provides education above and beyound you have to date shown to provide.

If you read the posts you will see I tried to illustrate this. Nick stated it was incorrect and could not offer a solution.

Does the IRC show how to tell if the ledger bolts are OK, when all looks OK??? Does this use an equation, or a hammer test?

If you can explain HOW you think it can be used, this will help out Nick + other members. Too bad you consider “safety” as ********…

You sir, have failed to show any concrete evidence to support your defiance to Ben’s deck course. Since you are the one claiming that the course is faulty, you prove that it is wrong.
It is time you start showing some evidence to support your claim.

I’ll share some wisdom shared with me by the indomitable Bob Elliot. Learn. to. read. I’ts an important part of being a home inspector, or maybe a vendor too. What do you vend again?

The important thing your missing here is that I said they are not safe by YOUR DEFINITION, which is, again, ludicrous.

Here, Mr. Cherchuk, chew on this for a while. It is nothing that home inspectors do but neither is most of what you bring up as a vendor :mrgreen:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP6QzyxZgAw

Sorry for the misunderstanding…What is a “safe” deck based on your experience??

Yes thank you. Actually I was not considering the lateral load on the deck. Nor is lateral load considered by the bolt equation.

What I bring up is what your deck course says to use to check the bolts. Namely the bolt equation. Sorry you cannot see that!!

Turn around is fair play. What is a “safe” deck, in your opinion Mr Cherchuk?

A short paragraph should suffice…layman’s terms, please, and no links. :slight_smile:

That leads me to believe that you did not view the complete video…:frowning:

Vern, here’s a long thread Ron started a few years ago, before you joined, concerning deck safety.

http://www.nachi.org/forum/f23/struc…allenge-72470/

Thank you, Christopher…:cool:

Yep, he was bull sh it then and bull sh it now.

He is rehashing his same ol’ topic.
Go away!