Plank sheathing usually 1 6 or 1 8 was used as a roof deck before plywood.
Exposed roof decking.
Since roof decking is made from wood and wood composites it is particularly susceptible to rotting and water damage when continuously exposed to sustained or excess moisture.
In the first half of the 20th century roofs in missouri were built with wood shingles over planks spaced about 1 apart.
Water is your roof s number one enemy.
Detach the nails that hold the exposed roofing.
Water seeps into your roofing system in many different ways.
Wood shingle are expensive so when these roofs need to be torn off and replaced it is cheaper to resheath the entire roof and go over it.
Rotted roof decking cannot be repaired it must be replaced.
This tongue and groove decking combines appearance grade with unsurpassed quality of finish making them ideal for exposed ceiling applications.
Our 3 6 southern pine 1 face t g v roof decking comes predrilled with spikes for driving horizontally through the board into the previous piece which pulls them together nicely.
Tongue and groove decking provides the customer with an outstanding solution for roof and subfloor structure where exposed to the lower level.
Roof decking sits beneath the shingles used to protect the house from the weather.
What causes roof decking to rot.
The product comes endmatched meaning it is tongue and grooved on the ends so the boards do not have to meet on supports.
Our new smooth series cellular deck offers a blemish free beam to pan rivet.