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…the rafters and began building the roof deck with the sheets of 3/4-inch plywood…
…interior of the house, but without underlayment or shingles the water still flowed…
…to stick to the wet plywood, the roof deck would never dry out and would rot…

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…last 50 years or more. Standing Seams A standing-seam metal roof consists of metal panels running vertically on the roof deck. Each panel has two seams that stand up vertically and are crimped together to seal the joint and keep the elements from penetrating…

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…attic trusses or rafters, or affixed directly to the underside of the roof deck. For new construction, it can be placed over the tops of the rafters before the roof deck is installed. While conventional insulation stops heat transfer through…

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…minimum. Officials and builders have learned that keeping the lid on a house means forming a tight bond between the sail-like roof deck and the walls below. That job falls to the engineered roof truss system that holds it all together. Trusses Surpass Traditional…

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On location at the Vermont farmhouse in Quechee, Vt., the carpentry crew opted to sheath the exterior walls and roof deck with Georgia-Pacific's Blue Ribbon Oriented Strand Board. From around the house project to the exterior sheathing and…

…professional, an electrician, or both. The solar electric roofing products are configured in series or parallel on the roof deck to form an array. The array is then used in combination with conventional roofing products. The flexible thin-film shingle…

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…this application (see photo below) two inch battens have been added to cover all of the panel joints which were lined up to provide for a continuous trim board. On a floor or roof deck, the joints would be staggered for added stability.

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