Patent ID: 6945004
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A method for attaching a deck ledger board to a building structure comprising the steps of: (a) providing a spacer having a body that includes a first planar side and an opposite second planar side and which a predetermined size, shape, and thickness, and wherein said body includes a bolt hole adapted to receive a bolt therein, and including means for attaching said spacer to a ledger board, said means for attaching separate from said bolt hole and adapted to prevent said spacer from rotating with respect to said bolt hole; (b) attaching a plurality of said spacers to one side of said ledger board; (c) using said bolt hole in each of said plurality of said spacers as a pilot hole to drill a hole through said ledger board, said hole being of a size that is adapted to permit a bolt to pass through said ledger board and said bolt hole; (d) placing said ledger board in a desired position adjacent to said structure; (e) using each hole drilled in said ledger board and said bolt hole in each of said plurality of spacers as a pilot hole to drill a hole through said structure; and (f) passing a bolt through said ledger board, said spacer, and said structure; (g) engaging a nut with threads on an end of said bolt; and (h) tightening said bolt with respect to said nut sufficient to secure said ledger board proximate to said structure and disposed away from said structure by a distance that is proximate the thickness of each of said spacers.