Plank Roof Decking

Tongue and groove plywood or osb sheathing plank sheathing.

Plank roof decking.

Standard structural decking patterns are 2 nominal tongued and grooved t g and 3 and 4 double t g products available with vee or eased edges to meet discriminating architectural requirements. Structural decking also known as roof decking should not be confused with lumber intended for residential and non residential outdoor decks. The load bearing capacities of structural decking also make it useful as floor decking and solid sidewall construction. The issue guertin explains is the gaps between boards.

Things needed pry bar chalk wide bladed putty knife reciprocating or circular saw claw hammer pliers tape measure plywood tar paper or roofing felt utility scissors or snips shingles nail gun or hammer roofing nails roofing cement. Note gypsum planks also come in other sizes. There are two most common features of the wooden t g roof deck type that you can use to identify it. 2 1 gypsum plank roof decking figure 1 2 1 1 gypsum planks are normally 2 inches thick 2 feet wide and 8 feet long and are factory laminated of two gypsum panels.

Roof decking comes in at least five different types. Plank decking in older homes plank decking may have been used for the roof decking substrate. Solid sheathing most new homes built after the mid to late 80 s typically have solid roof sheathing. Those include the plank step plywood oriented strand board osb and tongue and groove boards.

Structural panels concrete roof deck is an innovative technology designed to provide a structural roof sheathing without the need for thermal barriers pouring setting or curing which resolves the latent moisture issue commonly found in roofing with poured concrete. The last one is none other but our main topic in this article. There are three types of wood roof decks. Spaced or skip decking many older homes in older.

It concluded that a roof is a unified product comprised of all its component parts and materials including. Product evaluation code report 14076 assembly evaluation code. The plank problem typically sheathing problems are isolated to small areas but old plank sheathing presents more of a challenge.