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Showing posts with label American Plywood Association. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Plywood Association. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Monday, December 1, 2014
Duradek Schedules a Deck Education Seminar in Truckee/Tahoe Area December 9th
Free Education for Building Professionals of Truckee & Tahoe
WALKABLE ROOF DECK MEMBRANES: Free for CATT Members | $10 for Non-Members
Duradek of Utah’s Matt McClure will be presenting ‘Walkable Roof Deck Membranes and Roofing Systems’ on Tuesday, December 9th in Truckee, CA. This is a must-attend event for building professionals in the region to best understand the considerations and options to maximize the potential of the growing trend of increasing residential outdoor living space. Seating is limited so book now!
Course Details:
Class Date: Tuesday, December 9
Class Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Q & A After, LUNCH PROVIDED
Class Location: CATT Office - 12313 Soaring Way, Suite 1G, Truckee, CA
Class Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Q & A After, LUNCH PROVIDED
Class Location: CATT Office - 12313 Soaring Way, Suite 1G, Truckee, CA
Monday, December 13, 2010
FROM the American P{lywood Association-construction details for moisture resistant homes.
Saw this on an email newsletter i get, passing it on...
Build A Better Home publications provide simple construction details for moisture-resistant homes
APA’s Build A Better Home program is designed to provide builders and homeowners the construction guidelines they need to protect their homes against damaging moisture infiltration by encouraging better building practices for the key elements of a residential structure: roofs, walls and foundation. Three brochures in the Build A Better Home (BBH) series - BBH: Foundations; BBH: Walls; and BBH: Mold and Mildew have been updated and are now available for purchase as printed brochures, or as free downloadable PDFs.
Click here for more information.
Visit the Build A Better Home website at www.buildabetterhome.org for additional information on construction details, tips for builders and designers, notes to homeowners on controlling mold, and links to video segments demonstrating proper moisture control techniques in construction applications.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
American Plywood Association Publishes Technical Notes on FRT Plywood (Fire-Retardant-Treated Plywood
Fire resistant construction is a big part of the building code, and new technologies have given us Plywood that has been treated to be fire retardant.
The APA has just published a Technical Note on the product and the Notes contain some excellent information on this product.
Fire-retardant-treated plywood is pressure impregnated with chemicals to permanently inhibit combustion. This qualifies it for a lower flame-spread rating and smoke developed index, and reduces it's fire-hazard classification. When it is identified as such by a code recof=gnized testing agency label, it is rated on parity with non combustible construction by many insurance rating bureaus.
This type of fire retardant material may well find it's way into our industry...I wonder if it has the same qualities as regular plywood does?
So click our headline to download and read this APA produced Technical Note and learn more about this new product. It could be that you'll find it someday on one of your next jobs if your a contractor...
The APA has just published a Technical Note on the product and the Notes contain some excellent information on this product.
Fire-retardant-treated plywood is pressure impregnated with chemicals to permanently inhibit combustion. This qualifies it for a lower flame-spread rating and smoke developed index, and reduces it's fire-hazard classification. When it is identified as such by a code recof=gnized testing agency label, it is rated on parity with non combustible construction by many insurance rating bureaus.
This type of fire retardant material may well find it's way into our industry...I wonder if it has the same qualities as regular plywood does?
So click our headline to download and read this APA produced Technical Note and learn more about this new product. It could be that you'll find it someday on one of your next jobs if your a contractor...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
APA The Engineered Wood Association, answers a question on T & G Plywood for decks and roofs
At the APA Website was this question on T & G Plywood...read more at APA by clicking our headline...
Help Desk Question: Panel Edge Support - What Role Does Tongue-and-Groove Play?
Posted At : August 31, 2007 1:15 PM | Posted By : Merritt Kline
Related Categories: OSB,Code,Plywood,Help Desk,Floors,Roofs
APA Help DeskQuestion: What purpose does tongue-and-groove (T&G) serve on a roof deck or balcony with inhabited space below? What are the advantages of using T&G in an exterior deck application if, for example, the deck is a subfloor to an exterior balcony with waterproofing and 2-inch topping slab over inhabited space, or a low slope roof deck?
Answer: Tongue-and-groove edges are a type of edge support for wood structural panel sheathing. Other types of edge support appropriate for roof sheathing are edge clips (H clips) and lumber blocking.
The purpose of edge support is twofold.
1. Assure that panels meet minimum load capacity requirements when loads are applied near a panel edge.
2. Limit differential panel deflection when loads are applied near a panel edge.
Roof deck sheathing requires edge support when panels are applied over framing spaced greater than certain specified spans.
Balcony and outdoor deck sheathing must meet floor sheathing requirements. Edge support is required for all floor sheathing applications unless 1/4-inch minimum thickness underlayment or 1-1/2 inches of approved cellular or lightweight concrete, or 3/4-inch wood strip finish floor is applied. Acceptable forms of floor sheathing edge support are: T&G, or lumber blocking.
Is one method of edge support superior to the other? What is the strongest method: T&G, blocking, or H clips?
Although appearance is not typically an edge support consideration, when appearance is important, T&G may be the better choice.
Properly installed, lumber blocking is the strongest of the three methods. Edge clips, the least; however, for roof deck sheathing applications, edge clips are perfectly satisfactory and may facilitate proper panel spacing.
Help Desk Question: Panel Edge Support - What Role Does Tongue-and-Groove Play?
Posted At : August 31, 2007 1:15 PM | Posted By : Merritt Kline
Related Categories: OSB,Code,Plywood,Help Desk,Floors,Roofs
APA Help DeskQuestion: What purpose does tongue-and-groove (T&G) serve on a roof deck or balcony with inhabited space below? What are the advantages of using T&G in an exterior deck application if, for example, the deck is a subfloor to an exterior balcony with waterproofing and 2-inch topping slab over inhabited space, or a low slope roof deck?
Answer: Tongue-and-groove edges are a type of edge support for wood structural panel sheathing. Other types of edge support appropriate for roof sheathing are edge clips (H clips) and lumber blocking.
The purpose of edge support is twofold.
1. Assure that panels meet minimum load capacity requirements when loads are applied near a panel edge.
2. Limit differential panel deflection when loads are applied near a panel edge.
Roof deck sheathing requires edge support when panels are applied over framing spaced greater than certain specified spans.
Balcony and outdoor deck sheathing must meet floor sheathing requirements. Edge support is required for all floor sheathing applications unless 1/4-inch minimum thickness underlayment or 1-1/2 inches of approved cellular or lightweight concrete, or 3/4-inch wood strip finish floor is applied. Acceptable forms of floor sheathing edge support are: T&G, or lumber blocking.
Is one method of edge support superior to the other? What is the strongest method: T&G, blocking, or H clips?
Although appearance is not typically an edge support consideration, when appearance is important, T&G may be the better choice.
Properly installed, lumber blocking is the strongest of the three methods. Edge clips, the least; however, for roof deck sheathing applications, edge clips are perfectly satisfactory and may facilitate proper panel spacing.
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