March 2008
Post bracket withstands 500-pound sideload; nail prices up; calendar of events
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DECKING NEWS Post Attachment Resists 500-Pound Load In testing done in November, Testing Engineers of San Leandro, Calif., found that using an EZ Stairs Bracket in a post-support assembly met the code requirement for a lateral load applied at the top of a guardrail. The test was performed on a 24-inch-wide three-stair assembly made with Douglas fir (below). A 4x4 post was attached to two parallel 2x6 stringers with two 3/8-inch-by-6-inch galvanized bolts inserted through an EZ Stairs bracket (top right) and 21/2-inch O.D. malleable steel washers and nuts on the outside of the post (bottom right). Progressively greater loads
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