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Purpose of Lag Bolts..?
We had an addition put onto our house, an L shape that included 2 bedrooms on the long part of the L and a covered deck on the short part. When the building inspector came to approve the addition, he told the construction company that he wouldn't approve it until they installed lag bolts to the top and bottom sills where the new attached to the old for the porch. My question is this.... should there also be lag bolts where the bedroom part of the addition is and if there are not, what kind of problem might arise from that? Thanks in advance for your answers.
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- OutlawcajunLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Lag bolts are designed to join two pieces of lumber together where nails won't do, in your case, the sills, which are weight bearing. Lags are basically large screws with bolt heads.
Source(s): journeyman carpenter. - ?Lv 610 years ago
I believe he was referring to the covered deck. It needs to be lagged to the home and its standard. The rest is part of the main structure and is secured already to the original frame and the added on foundation.
