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DIY & Home Improvement

SHRED

(28,136 posts) Sun Oct 12, 2014, 02:19 PM Oct 2014

Removed a rotting 3 foot balcony [View all]

I want to extend it out into a 10 foot supported deck.
I'm getting bids from contractors and also considering doing it myself.

The plan would be to saw the remaining joist extensions flush, attach a ledger board to support hangers.

Is there wood under the stucco between the joists to attach a ledger board to solidly?

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Removed a rotting 3 foot balcony [View all] SHRED Oct 2014 OP

Those stubs of joists are connected to something... Thor_MN Oct 2014 #1

those joists are extended joists when the house was built SHRED Oct 2014 #2

I thought about the flush cut too. Wash. state Desk Jet Oct 2014 #3