Overkill on bracing turned out to be my safety net

I used to slap together deck frames with minimal cross bracing, figured it was fine since I'd never seen one fail. Then last spring I helped a buddy tear down a 12 year old deck in Spokane and the joists had twisted so bad the railing was wobbly. That visual stuck with me, so I added hurricane ties and extra blocking to my next two builds. The difference in rigidity was night and day, even on a simple 8x10 platform. Any of you add structural extras that felt dumb at first but you'd never skip now?

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danielk844d ago

Did you check the joist hanger nails or just eyeball it on site?