Expert Session: Flashing a Deck Ledger
Watch Mike Guertin demonstrate ledger-flashing techniques that will work well in almost any climate zone.
Mike Guertin has produced tons of awesome articles and videos about building solid decks and now’s your chance to see him talk live about the topic–specifically about reliable ways to flash deck ledgers.
In this Expert Session webinar, FHB Editorial Advisor Mike Guertin discusses what the building code requires and his belt-and-suspenders approach to flashing a deck ledger in his high rainfall / high wind region using techniques that will work well in almost any climate zone. He also covers alternative flashing designs, spacing the ledger off the wall to avoid conventional flashing all together, and flashing cantilevered deck and balcony joists.
Originally presented live on March 27, 2020.