What can happen if decks are not properly supported?

Good image for you. I may start including this every time I call out a deck nailed to a house.

deck failure.jpg

that could be a good photo for deck inspection brochure.
Don’t let this happen to you.

Joe,
May the membership (I) have permission to use this image? This is really a good one!
Mark

Mark, I got the image from the State of NC’s Home Inspector Licensure Board here:

http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/Engineering/hilb/documents/NCHIUpdate2009.pdf

I don’t care if you use it.

The above link is a very good training program. I recommend that everyone read it.