Question on floor decking

Posted by Dennis on March 7, 2007, 6:39 pm

Question came up earlier today by one of the engineers on floor decking.
What products, OTHER THAN wood based or concrete, can be used for floor
decking over joists?

Is there a plastic foam or composite material that anyone has hear of /
used?
Perhaps something used in Europe or Asia?

Posted by on March 7, 2007, 7:46 pm

no

use plywood in residential and
concrete in commercial

why the hell would you want to use foam for floors
or plastic

are you building houses for Movie Studios so they
can do a remake of the towering inferno?

Plywood can be made from new growth trees
so there is no reason to not harvest it and use it

besides it will break down over years and biodegrade in landfills
plastic wont

> Question came up earlier today by one of the engineers on floor decking.
> What products, OTHER THAN wood based or concrete, can be used for floor
> decking over joists?
> Is there a plastic foam or composite material that anyone has hear of /
> used?
> Perhaps something used in Europe or Asia?
>

Posted by Dennis on March 8, 2007, 5:25 pm

Well OSB actually as plywood is too expensive. : )
Anyway it was just a hypothetical question.

The day may come when we may very well see plastics or paper composits or as
floor decking.
(After all, we now have cars that run on air - who knows?)

Thanks for your thoughts,
Dennis

> no
> use plywood in residential and
> concrete in commercial
> why the hell would you want to use foam for floors
> or plastic
> are you building houses for Movie Studios so they
> can do a remake of the towering inferno?
> Plywood can be made from new growth trees
> so there is no reason to not harvest it and use it
> besides it will break down over years and biodegrade in landfills
> plastic wont

>> Question came up earlier today by one of the engineers on floor decking.
>> What products, OTHER THAN wood based or concrete, can be used for floor
>> decking over joists?
>> Is there a plastic foam or composite material that anyone has hear of /
>> used?
>> Perhaps something used in Europe or Asia?

Posted by DanG on March 7, 2007, 8:30 pm

I know you said no concrete.

We used a cement board good for 100#/SF loading in 3/4" or 1"
thickness. Used it on steel stud joists spanning 17' as I recall.
There was a requirement to buy in full bunk quantities. We used
primarily for the fire rating.

Here is a link if you are interested:

<http://www.architecturalproducts.com/downloads/Versaroc_Catalog_No6_Final_Draft.pdf>

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> Question came up earlier today by one of the engineers on floor
> decking.
> What products, OTHER THAN wood based or concrete, can be used
> for floor decking over joists?
> Is there a plastic foam or composite material that anyone has
> hear of / used?
> Perhaps something used in Europe or Asia?
>

Posted by Dennis on March 8, 2007, 5:25 pm

That is interesting.
I haden't heard of this amterial before.
(And at 150 lbs a panel, it must be a real trick to lay in place.)

Thanks for your comments,
Dennis

>I know you said no concrete.
> We used a cement board good for 100#/SF loading in 3/4" or 1" thickness.
> Used it on steel stud joists spanning 17' as I recall. There was a
> requirement to buy in full bunk quantities. We used primarily for the
> fire rating.
> Here is a link if you are interested:
>
> ______________________________
> Keep the whole world singing . . . .
> DanG (remove the sevens)
> dgriff237@7cox.net

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