Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Toby Bonilla grinds down the high spots on the basement wall in preparation for installing an LVL ledger.

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Toby drills through the ledger into the foundation wall to prep for epoxy anchors.

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Toby and his brother Ernesto inject epoxy, and set the threaded rod.

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Working together, Toby and Ernesto Bonilla sister new LVLs to the existing joists.

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

With one end of the LVL sister bearing on a beam or ledger, the opposite end is jacked up to align with the bottom of the existing joist.

Slideshow: Ledger and Sisters

Toby fastens the new LVL with structural screws, Working from both sides of the assembly.

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