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c/carpenters•angela587angela587•1mo ago

A guy at the lumber yard in Tacoma told me I was wrong to use a 4-inch nail for that deck ledger board.

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milam48
milam481mo ago
My inspector in Bellingham said 3-inch galvanized nails are the code minimum for that.
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avery_flores17
avery_flores171mo agoTop Commenter
It's funny how many rules are just local tradition dressed up as law.
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william_garcia
Three-inch nails sounds like overkill for most jobs. That Bellingham inspector must really hate wobbly decks. Hope your lumber is up for it, milam48.
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