These 8 to 12 inch wide boards were nailed together tight.
Tongue and groove roofing plywood.
Every piece meets the highest grading standards for strength and appearance.
Lumber wasn t kiln dried so it would shrink upon drying.
In the 1950s plywood sheathing and particleboard became common and today most standard construction roofs use either half inch plywood or particleboard s big brother oriented strand board osb.
Tongue and groove roof decking especially the one from solid wood boards is one of the two most common choices for residential use right now.
Old houses with asphalt shingles usually had either tongue and groove boards or straight sided boards abutting.
Dryply 23 32 cat.
Tongue and groove boards were used for decades prior to the widespread adoption of plywood as a sheathing material in the 1950s and 1960s.
For pricing and availability.
Plytanium 23 32 cat ps1 09 tongue and groove pine subfloor application as 4 x 8.
Combines sub floor and underlayment in a single panel for easier installation.
Provides stiffness and durability.
Use under wall to wall carpet and pad hardwood flooring and vinyl tile.
Get free shipping on qualified tongue and groove plywood or buy online pick up in store today in the lumber composites department.
For pricing and availability.
But the lumber was not usually kiln dried.
Timber tongue and groove decking is a specialty lum ber product constituting an important part of modern timber construction that can be used for many applica tions to provide an all wood appearance.
Tongue and groove plywood.
When the roof was first nailed on of course all the nails were in solid wood.
At one point in time it was standard to use shiplap tongue and groove one inch boards or other boards for your roofing deck.
These wider boards were all nailed tightly together.
It used to be standard to use shiplap 1 boards tongue groove or other boards for the roof deck.
Plywood provides durability stiffness and versatility beyond alternative structural panels.
Nominal three and four inch decking is especially well adapted for use with glued laminated arches and girders and is easily and quickly erected.
Say what you want about them but osb and plywood do not offer a very attractive finished look.
Tongue and groove for an easy fit.
The main reason to use tongue and groove boards these days is appearance from beneath the roof.
The other one is plywood.