March/April 2010
Lack of lateral bracing is the problem; building inspectors; stair disagreement; more
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LETTERS Shear Bracing Beats Lateral Attachment The article on "Better-Thought-Out Lateral Attachment Requirement" ( Editor's Letter, November 2009; free at deckmagazine.com) misses the boat. The initial cause of elevated decks failing is not that the decks pull away from their attachment through the band board of the building they're attached to. They initially fail because they rack from a lack of lateral bracing, which ultimately causes the decks to pull away from their attachment to the buildings they serve. If elevated decks were designed based on the assumption that the decks are out in the open and not attached to
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