Q. I need to install a deck ledger board against a house with wood lap siding. Soon I'll be doing the same on a brick home. What is the proper way to install flashing so I don't get any leaks where ...

Q. It's time for me to build a deck. It'll be my first one. Each person I ask how to build a deck gives me a different answer. Surely building a deck can't be that hard. I'm wondering how to attach ...

Q: I need to install a deck ledger board against a house with wood lap siding. Soon I’ll be doing the same on a brick home. What is the proper way to install flashing so I don’t get any leaks where ...

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Deck collapses happen more often than you may thing, and many never make the news. My youngest daughter’s roommate experienced a deck collapse. She walked out onto a small deck four years ago, after ...