As Quesera mentioned, I wasn't trying to be skeptical about your deck falling down. Sounds like the deck portion was built decently, but there was no ledger boa

As Quesera mentioned, I wasn't trying to be skeptical about your deck falling down. Sounds like the deck portion was built decently, but there was no ledger board or similar included to tie the deck in to the house structure. Sorry to hear that happened, stuff like that is always a shock. The intent of my comment was to make sure people didn't come away from your comment thinking "nails = bad" and freak out about their own decks/structures. Hopefully you got your situation sorted out properly!!