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Wood Ledger boards

Hello,

I’m very interested in your DIY kit, but I do have a question. I saw the following comment on your website: “All of our DIY Kits come with all the material and hardware you will need to do the installation yourself. All you will need to provide is the labor and the tools”However, when I looked your installation instructions, the very first step was for installing a ledger board, which I’ll need. It gave a suggestion on what type of wood to use, which implied to me that it was not included in the kit. Which is correct? Does the kit come with all the material I’ll need or not?Thank you,K.D.Thank you for a great questionMany of the Lattice covers do not need a ledger board (ones attached to the fascia board and ones attached to the house where each rafter hanger can be bolted to solid wood @ 24″ on center, such as into a header over large windows or second floor joists) The Newport covers (solid) do not need ledger boards at all as their “Roll Form Hanger” is continous and lag bolts can be put anywhere needed to hit solid wood, usually every 16″.One option on the “Quick Quote” is “with ledger board” and yes you do supply the wood part of it. We could ship it but it would cost more for shipping than the price of the 2×8 board. If you need it shipped, we can arrange this for you. We provide an Alumawood wrap to cover the ledger board. There are other options besides the 2×8 ledger board, to see more options look at the other blogs on “Ledger Boards”.http://www.alumawood.com/blog/tip-ideas/wood-ledger-boards/Caulking comes with the solid covers. The ledger board should be caulked also, but we do not send caulking with a Lattice covers.  You will buy the caulking, lag bolts and ledger board if indeed you need a ledger board. All the other materials, hardware and fasteners are provided.Thank you again, Bob

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