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Engineered Wood for the Floor Joist System
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" Now this is the EZ frame system that we're putting together here for the first floor deck structure. That's for our what does it consistent if you are. System that fully integrated engineered wood framing package right and normally it and house construction when you're putting -- stop which is normally a large timber that breaks up the fans used fatal. Timber through the blue part this is our. Premier plus glulam. It's an -- compatible laminated day that. Made to match the depths of engineered wood these half strength lumber on the top and the bottom lower -- Middleton. So we've taken and created. Things. Number that much stronger than this is dimensional solid form. And it sits on a traditional sill way -- as pressure treated pressure treated right. And then what are the other components involved. And EZ frame right been the second component would be far short -- archer ways and switches. If we start feeding these civic. This is our Jordan. We've taken our prostrate felt. Struck clam laminated veneer lumber we use that for a plan that's this is all laminated in the actually top and bottom. And then we use or would -- web material for the -- sort of oriented strand board and of course this is -- you would be referred to as a web. Correct when you just pass them on up inside here and now. Laid and not for the -- Now how to strengthen criticized when I don't take things with a system is that. You never have to worry much about squeaky floors. Exactly that this pre engineered it's going to be much straighter stronger and more consistent won't -- the dimension lumber counterparts -- It's going to -- There's not going to cause defects humps and dips in your floors like you would have with conventional liberal."
" Now what about the outer edge I mean we're looking at OSB there again Reagan. Exactly -- finish out the system we use our rim board plus. EZ rim. Is that it finishes the enclosure for the joist system. And completely goes around the perimeter of the structure. It provides vertical and lateral support so how wind loads. Seismic loads for and low transfer from the roof all the way to apparently. Yeah it's interesting how the industry has been affected by all the natural disasters that we've had to do with the last twenty years. Hurricanes here in the Carolinas and Florida earthquakes in California but these are the types of systems that solve some of those problems right. Steve what are the advantages of using the EZ frame system over conventional stick framing engineered wood is going to be so they are stronger. It spans shorter distances because it's an engineered product. It's lightweight. If you say is written very easy to help them do whatever. Around manipulate versus it's counterpart in dimensional don't have much heavier. Since that's consistent straight. What about the cost of the EZ frame system compared to traditional stick. Bob fit perfect. You do a comparison -- prejudiced slightly below that when you look at the whole. But a lot of places that we can take economies. Span farther distance that eliminate. Structure that would be required for conventional lumber for quite often the system as a whole -- going to be -- Slightly more take a slightly less than it would have been. Well to your comment about stability and and you know regularity Vila now on the tops of all these I joists -- it really looks to the horizon really flat is that right it really shows the consistency and uniformity of the engineered wood product and hey listen thanks for coming out --"
" So Ryley ready to hang a joints. Everything we kind of -- in new gadget here. It's gotten through with a pneumatic nailer. That will allow us to get the joist hangers in place quickly now how come we're putting in that note that says. Gonna stiffen this web. That's so it's not black and yet. Well the other part of the story is a very often when you have these engineered systems you don't get the exact. Joist hangers that you require yeah. And so what we're doing here is a slight fix that is approved by. The wall and it felt. It's different enough but also let's -- that this type situation. -- It's a great old. Is that -- hand nice and easy and get into all these tight spots. OK here comes the last one."
" And that's when doesn't need it to ordinary going to sit right on top of itself won't."
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" And then the final component is the rim."