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I have a sloped lot with a long deck across the back of the house. It is attached one side to a ledger and the far side supported by a beam supported by 6 10' tall 4x6s sitting on concrete footings. All for about 30 years.

Two of the 4x6s are showing some rot on the bottom. I'm thinking I can replace about 6" of wood by splicing it with 2x4s on either side and bolts through.

This is all complicated by the fact that there is a workshop built under the deck that also uses these supports for its structure making shoring up from the ground difficult.

The plan was:

• Cut 6" off the bottom to remove the rotted wood and replace with new wood from a new in-ground pressure treated 2x6. This is th

I have a sloped lot with a long deck across the back of the house. It is attached one side to a ledger and the far side supported by a beam supported by 6 10' tall 4x6s sitting on concrete.

Two of the 4x6s are showing some rot on the bottom. I'm thinking I can replace about 6" of wood by splicing it with 2x4s on either side and bolts through.

This is all complicated by the fact that there is a workshop built under the deck that also uses these supports for its structure making shoring up from the ground difficult.

The plan was:

• Plan to cut 6" off the bottom to remove the rotted wood and replace with new wood from a new in-ground pressure treated 2x6. This is the pencil line in the pic

tl;dr: Can I replace 6" of 4x6 very load bearing rotted post at the bottom and sandwich it between bolted 2x6s as shown in picture - cutting at the penciled line?

I have a deck about 20' wide. My property is sloped so it is attached to the house on one side and there are 6 10' 4x6 supports holding up the outer beam. It's an old deck and the posts are sitting on concrete footers.

There is a few inches of rot now on the bottom of 2 of the supports. My plan to fix it is as follows:

• Plan to cut 6" off the bottom to remove the rotted wood and replace with a new 6' length of wood from a new in-ground pressure treated 2x6.
• Before cutting attach 2 2x4s on either side of the supports to t

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I have a 30 year old deck on the back of my house about 12' up on an unlevel lot. The front of the deck is supported by 6 4x6s.

The 4x6s sit on concrete pads and are secured with brackets.

4 of 6 are solid to the bottom - pass the phillips head screwdriver test anyway. Not soft.

2 are starting to rot at the bottom (see pics). Here is my rough plan.

• Pull the brackets away from the wood and remove the nails
• Temporarily screw in a 10" or so 2x6 or 2x4 o

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