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In these days of more and more wild fires, does any one make a fire proof deck board, possibly fibre cement?
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there is no way fiber cement would make for a strong enough deck decking unless it had 100% backing...
pour a slab...
not aware of fire proof deck board...
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Wish someone would figure out a way to do a fireproof deck on a hillside or second storey where a slab isn't possible
same way as concrete roofs....
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Standard concrete guarantee:
1) It's fireproof2) it's theft proof3) it will crack...
I don't use that on customers anymore. They don't seem to see the humor... :-)
oooops....
note to self.... remember there are limits to humor...
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precast - build with craneR U in Calif or some similar brush fire area?
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Excellent idea. I am in a wodded area of CA.
Seems like I saw a thing for aluminum planks once...
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The following FHB article discusses fire resistance in decks in an article about the LA fires (discussion of decks is about half way down).
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/how-to/articles/fire-resistant-details.aspx
A fairly general discussion of fire resistant building techniques, including decks, is at (the discussion on decks is near the bottom):
http://www.green-spark.org/pdf/Components_of_a_Fire-Resistant_Home.pdf
There is lumber available that is impregnated with fire resisting chemicals. I have no idea what the fire rating would be for a deck assembly, nor do I have any idea of what it would look like. A somewhat technical discussion of this type of lumber in fire rated wall assemblies is at:
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr62.pdf
A different article indicated that at least some fire resistant lumber was not rot resistant.
There are also several brands of intumescent paints, a few of which are rated for exterior use. Again, I have no idea what the fire rating for deck boards would be if painted with intumescent paint.
There are several brands of aluminum decking available. A web search should give you a number of them. The first one to pop up on my search was:
http://www.versadeck.com/
I assume that aluminum would not be cheap, nor would it be very cool to walk on with bare feet on a sunny day.
Edited 6/21/2008 8:47 pm ET by CaseyR
Thank you, I will make use of all this great info. I sure would like to find out an unbiased rating of the different fire proof coatings. As you may have noticed, I also posted an inquiry today about fireproofing cedar shakes used as siding.
thanks again !
I saw that thread - AFAIK, they have to be treated by immesion at factory, not just spraying something on.But my knowledge on that is old - who knows what they may have come up with!
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the fire treated stuff was used for awhile up here... rarely see it any more..
too many people were negatively reacting to the chemicals.... children seemed to get hit the hardest....
some of the treatments were blamed for early materials failures...
the spray on stuff makes for a beautiful color display when ya burn it... full rainbow spectrum...
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I hated to lay shakes that were fire treated, The salts were irritating.
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You could look into ipe, also known as ironwood. It has gotten fairly expensive but it hardly burns.
"You could look into ipe, also known as ironwood."Not exactly.The term ironwood is used for any dense wood. There are 100's of different woods called ironwood.IronwoodS is one company's trademark for IPE..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
His statement is true. IPE` is also known as ironwood. he did not state it conversely to say ironwood is known as IPE`. Had he, you would be right with your logic.
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Ipe is so resistant to fire that the rest of the house would be gone before the deck.
The weak link in most ipe decks is the framing underneith. Large ipe beams are available but quite expensive.
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn't rule the world.
Thank you