Diagonal Bracing on a Back Deck

today I want to talk real quickly about diagonal bracing on a big tall back deck let's turn around and see here why we need diagonal bracing look how high this is this is a good 10 to 11 feet in the air notice that the builders have properly braced across all planes here we've got bracing between posts and the rim joists we've got bracing here at this post - this girder running through the middle and this deck will not sway decks that don't have this will sway

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Published: Fri Dec 02 2016