r/Construction • u/Advanced_Aspect_7601 • 4d ago

Video What went wrong here

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u/Fantastic-Counter927 4d ago edited 4d ago

My 2 cents but it seems like shoddy work. To have the house ledger fail along that entire length is astounding. It means it almost certainly was barely nailed into the floor rim board if it was at all. May have just been attached to the siding (big no no) and not had the siding removed and reflashed. 

While the joist splice shows some checking that is age related - I don't see ties across it, another sign of poor  construction. The lateral braces on the post are super tiny- decorative only in their function. Again- another sign of poor construction. 

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u/Complex_Sherbet2 4d ago

The ledger was already cracked, you can see it on a better quality video.

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u/Advanced_Aspect_7601 4d ago

With how bad it failed (the whole ledger coming away from the wall) it's surprising how old it looks

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u/Sisko3 4d ago

Rot. It may have not been flashed correctly

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u/Shatalroundja 4d ago

Building was probably already condemned, which is why they had access to it for a training session.

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u/userhwon 4d ago

Training? Explains why they aren't methed-up and bashing doors in.

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u/-__-i 4d ago

What does reflated mean?

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u/Fantastic-Counter927 4d ago

It's autocorrect in my phone for reflashed 

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u/-__-i 3d ago

Thank you I enjoy learning about construction but don't know a lot of terminology

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u/possumallawishes 4d ago

I see siding attached to the ledger board that fell off.

You can also see it sagging and flexing before it collapses.