Saturday Morning - September 17th, 2011 @ 7:23am Oklahoma, USA
I haven't seen a link for this here so I thought I would post it. Here is StrongTie's "Deck Framing Connection Guide" in a pdf file. It has great information in it and has been very helpful to me. Here's the link:
http://strongtie.com/ftp/fliers/F-DECKCODE09.pdf (http://strongtie.com/ftp/fliers/F-DECKCODE09.pdf)
ED: Moved from the General Forum to here. MD
And another related link of interest, from an engineer.
http://www.structural101.com/Support-For-Exterior-Deck.html (http://www.structural101.com/Support-For-Exterior-Deck.html)
It may be interesting to note that Simpson offers several beam to post connections, only one of which side mounts beams to the posts. (page 13) DJT14 is a bracket that provides a ledge or a seat for the 2x beam/joist to sit on.
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one from my collection
Prescriptive Residential Deck Construction Guide
http://www.awc.org/publications/DCA/DCA6/DCA6-09.pdf (http://www.awc.org/publications/DCA/DCA6/DCA6-09.pdf)
That's a good one; I have it too. Note the suggested post sizes and the suggested post to beam/joist connections. (pages 7 & 8.)