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Originally Posted by semlin
mars
you did a nice job on the notches in the ledger but i think you need more through bolts to the fascia. you can't rely on screws or lag bolts from behind with a ledger board.
i can't tell how heavy that redwood is, but with the weight of half of sixteen 12' beams plus the fascia and ledger hanging on the end of those rafters, your hurricane ties are the key to the endeavour. personally I would not grow any vines on that pergola.
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I hear ya. I'll be using 2x6's across the center section. But I also plan on running 2x2's across the other direction too...
The hurricane ties put all the weight in shearing the screws through the roof joists, and the fascia/ledger boards. The failure point for the straight down weight would have to be there, at the screws through the hurricane ties. I'm not relying on any fasteners pullout strength, everything's in shear...I'm confident it'll hold what I'm putting up there.
I'm still undecided on the vines though, I'll see how it feels once I get all braced and all. I'll be putting some pretty serious 45 degree braces in all directions at the posts.
