Fiberdeck 2

[BPAJason]

I have been asked to run some numbers on an existing roof system built in 1971. Does anyone have any information on fiberdeck and bulb tees.

Thanks

 

[AVak]

It sounds like you are describing Tectum deck. The company that produces Tectum is still in business - you should be able to get load tables from them.


Adam Vakiener, P.E.

 

[Ron]

If you are using bulb tees, then the system is a cast-in-place gypsum roof deck. The board on the bottom came in two forms...gypsum board and fiberboard. Both were just forms for the gypsum material.

Attached is a document that might help....

 

[hokie66]

Not necessarily, Ron. It could be Tectum or Insulrock. Since he called it "fiberdeck", that would be my guess. We used a lot of Tectum on bulb tees in the 70's.

 

[Ron]

hokie66...I saw a lot of Tectum in the 70's and did a lot of load testing on one of their competitor's products (CPI), but it was mostly on OWSJ. Certainly amenable to bulb tee applications, though.

 

[hokie66]

I found this for Insulrock on Sliderule's site. Tectum and Insulrock were considered as interchangeable products.

http://slideruleera.net/InsulrockCatalog-1970.pdf

 

[Ron]

Thanks, hokie66...good reference. Should give a star to SRE as well!!

 

[TeraFirma]

Here's the link to the roof deck product sheet on Tectum's website:

http://www.tectum.com/products/Tectum Roof Deck Systems.pdf

If you don't find what you need there, the phone number is 888-977-9691.