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Posted by Sacramento Dave on August 24, 2005, 2:31 pm
> I have an inground concrete pool and I want to build a timber deck
> around it. The deck will only be about 250mm from the ground to match
> the height of the top of pool. My question is, is it safe to attach a
> ledger board to the pool shell? The pool shell is 300mm thick
> reinforced concrete, and I would drill in 50mm and insert an expanding
> masonary bolt to hold the board. My pool builder has said he thinks it
> will be fine and will not affect the integrity of the pool.
>
> Has anyone else done this? Do you think this is a bad idea?
>
> cheers
>
> Bruiser
>
I think structurally it would be sound. But if you are talking about a wood
ledger it will be a water trap and cause a dry rot situation. I think you
would have to design a air gap between the gunite and wood for air flow. You
could attach so kind of flashing to divert water over you ledger. You could
also use a composite material for a ledger.
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