Structural Wood Floor 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 wood floor decking.

Decking is available in a variety of species thicknesses and lengths. Install tiles to resurface worn out decks concrete slabs porches walkways balconies roof tops or patios. Tiles are made of 8 air dried wood face slats held together with 3 hardwood runners affixed with stainless steel screws. The load bearing capacities of structural decking also make it useful as floor decking and solid sidewall construction.

This in depth section will teach diy builders to frame a deck from installing a ledger board and frost footings to framing the perimeter of the deck. They also allow you to use shorter deck boards and can eliminate the need to butt boards together to span the width of the deck. Ipe is a stable low flexing high structural strength exotic hardwood. A sample of solid 1 grade 2 x 6 edge vee one side ev1s douglas fir decking.

These decking boards run perpendicular to the rest of the decking creating an eye catching design. For larger decks you can install parting boards also called pattern boards in the middle of the decking. This decking forms a significant part of the building structure especially those using laminated timber beams arches or heavy timber trusses as support elements of the structure. Redwood another premium deck wood is easy to work with naturally decay and insect resistant and rugged enough to avoid warping checking and splitting.

2 x 6 solid timber decking by structural wood systems sws provides the beauty of wood labor saving construction and excellent insulating qualities. Because of its open celled structure. Also available are solid and laminated versions of many decking species.