Plank Decking For Roof

Spaced or skip decking many older homes in older.

Plank decking for roof. We can supply decking in standard nominal depths of 2 3 4 and 5. They can be of several configurations. A concrete roof deck that can be combined with other noncombustible materials to create 1 and 2 hour fire rated roof ceiling assemblies. Tongue and groove plywood or osb sheathing plank sheathing.

Plank decking in older homes plank decking may have been used for the roof decking substrate. You can construct a traditional wood plank deck on rooftops plazas terraces and garage roofs with much less work and substantially lower cost with the eterno pedestal system for wood decks. The broad based stable adjustable decking joist supports avoid damaging waterproof membranes permit easy accessibility for maintenance or repairs. No expensive or complex substructure of steel beams or other crisscrossing bearers is required.

Even if we filter it down to board sheathing only there can be square edges shiplap edges spaced decking and the ordinary tongue and groove that profile was explored in part ii of this series. Wood plank decks being found in low sloped pitched and even curved surfaces can take many forms. The only cementitious structural panel approved by factory mutual fm fm approval standard 4472. There are three types of wood roof decks.

The standard nominal width of the decking is 6 and 8.