Structural Wood Floor Decking

Structural tongue and groove wood decking is the perfect complement for a timber structure.

Structural wood floor decking.

The load bearing capacities of structural decking also make it useful as floor decking and solid sidewall construction. These decking boards run perpendicular to the rest of the decking creating an eye catching design. Tiles are made of 8 air dried wood face slats held together with 3 hardwood runners affixed with stainless steel screws. Because of its open celled structure.

For larger decks you can install parting boards also called pattern boards in the middle of the decking. A sample of solid 1 grade 2 x 6 edge vee one side ev1s douglas fir decking. 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.

Install tiles to resurface worn out decks concrete slabs porches walkways balconies roof tops or patios. Also available are solid and laminated versions of many decking species. 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. 2 x 6 solid timber decking by structural wood systems sws provides the beauty of wood labor saving construction and excellent insulating qualities.

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. 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. Redwood another premium deck wood is easy to work with naturally decay and insect resistant and rugged enough to avoid warping checking and splitting.