2x6 Tongue And Groove Roof Decking Installation

Our kiln dried 2x6 white pine tongue and groove decking is ready for installation once received on your jobsite.

2x6 tongue and groove roof decking installation. Some boards are rough on one face and smooth on the other. Storey lumber co inc. It is nominal 2 x 6 3 x 6 or 4 x 6 in 1 or 2 grade and kiln dried. Nominal three and four inch decking is especially well adapted for use with glued laminated arches and girders and is easily and quickly erected.

2x6 douglas fir tongue and groove decking as one of the hardest and most dense of the softwood species douglas fir makes a practical as well as a beautiful addition to your home. Maximum moisture content is 19 for 2 x 6 3 x 6 and 4 x 6. 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. Others like the 1x8 boards used here have a groove down the middle of one face to give the impression of more narrower boards.

See figures 1 and 2 lengths decking pieces may be of. Tongue and groove decking provides the customer with an outstanding solution for roof and subfloor structure where exposed to the lower level. You will also need to have the frame already prepared. It is machined with a single tongue and groove a v joint face and is end matched allowing the use of random length pieces.

Most of the tongue and groove you ll find at home centers and lumberyards is 1x6 or 1x8 spruce. However wood will shrink and swell with any changes in moisture content and weather. But other wood options and sizes can be special ordered. The wooden parts are already cut to fit together and just need to be cut to the right lengths to be installed.

According to nelma to minimize dimensional change after installation install tongue and groove at a moisture content that matches with local. Decking is machined to a single or double tongue and groove evis pattern. This tongue and groove decking combines appearance grade with unsurpassed quality of finish making them ideal for exposed ceiling applications. Tongue and groove decking is one of the easier types of decking to install.

Frequently used for loft flooring and roof decking the uniquely straight grain and reddish orange color of douglas fir provides eye catching appeal wherever it is. 2 x 6 nominal southern pine lumber. Roof decking is southern pine as manufactured by s i. They will also need to be treated to protect them from the weather.