Maine Deck? can be used for decking chassis work where there is compressive load bearing such as where the joists would be resting on an underlying concrete screed or beam. It can be used, following a full assessment of the application and full consideration to span of joists, to create suspended joists but this is best left to a professional installer. It is not recommended to use Maine Deck for major structural work unless there has been an assessment by a structural engineer.

It is made from recovered post-production untreated softwood flour and recovered post-consumer high density polyethylene. The wood flour has had excess moisture removed and is graded to an exacting degree. The polyethylene is recovered from plastic bottles such as those used to dispense milk and fruit juices from in your home.

You can work Maine Deck? as you would timber. All tools normally used for working timber can be used to work Maine Deck?.

x4 and 1x6 deck boards need to be installed on 16” centers. 5/4 x 4 and 5/4 x 6 deck boards need to be installed on 24” centers.

Keep in mind that glass block is not a structural load-bearing material. The ultimate test is: If you could install a conventional window in place of the application you have in mind, then you can confidently move up to Pittsburgh Corning Glass products. Relevant specifications for a variety of typical glass block installations are at your fingertips in the New Home and Remodeling DETAILS brochure. Contact us today for a copy, or call us at (412) 731-8559.

Due to the wood flour grains being encapsulated by the polyethylene the product becomes extremely durable in comparison to traditional timber. The Premier Range has an extremely low moisture absorbency factor of less than 1% and this in comparison to timber at circa 17-25% leads to less algal and moss growth which in turn increases the longevity of the product.

It is estimated that the product will fade by about 10% over the initial 6 months depending on light and weather conditions. It is only the wood flour that fades and not the pigmented polyethylene. Any initial natural colour variance in the wood flour will all eventually fade to the same tone once weathered.

Yes. The reason for this is due to the cost of the technology involved coupled with the cost of the recycled products and pigments. However, when compared to hardwood decking, the cost difference is closer and certainly the advantages of Maine Deck? outweigh those of hardwood versus softwood. Remember, there is little maintenance involved and Maine Deck? has already been used to replace problem surfaces of hardwood and softwood decking in very prestigious places such as National Trust.

It can be heated to circa 80 degrees C and gently bent to create an artistically designed deck BUT this job is best left to professional installers.

Currently, there is no UK certification for WPC's but due to the fact that it is a very solid product with little or no air pockets (unlike timber) there is a greater temperature required to achieve flammability (see our TECH DATA sheet). STAINS / FUNGUS QUESTIONS

This involves the conservation and restoration of the painting’s supporting material. i.e. the canvas, panel, board etc. In some cases this can have deteriorated due to, for example, damp or dry environments, or impact damage. We can repair a canvas that has become too weak to hold the paint on its original plane, or has been torn. These can be held with a supporting canvas and the process is called lining. A split panel can be repaired, or a warped panel straightened.

No. You only need a bearing of 1-1/2" in all normal loading situations; therefore, trusses can be butted together over a 2x4 intermediate bearing wall.

Yes, all of our round wood and Fiber Cast columns are load bearing. Refer to website for the load bearing capability of the desired column

A vertically split column is no longer load bearing. Split columns are strictly decorative and should not be used in a load bearing situation.

Decorative capitals are strictly for decorative purposes and are not load bearing. The wood or MDF capitals that come standard with the wooden columns are load bearing.

Yes, Formblock walls constructed with a minimum of 10% cement are loadbearing. Note: your building be constructed to engineer specifications and according to all the relevant codes.

SafeCrete AAC blocks and panels with a minimum of 8" thickness are suitable for load-bearing applications, when used in accordance with our published design aids and allowable stress listings. 6'' blocks may be used for some interior loadbearing applications. Loadbearing applications require vertical cores reinforced with rebar and concrete. Code requires cores at corners, doors and windows.

Split columns are used for visual purposes only. Once the column is cut vertically, it is no longer load-bearing.

We do not determine load-bearing from non-load-bearing walls: However, architects can usually deduce from our drawings which walls are load-bearing and which are not, based on location, size, and position relative to columns, beams, etc. Yes. Our Standard Floor Plan includes electrical panels. If you would like these shown in a Basic Floor Plan, we can do so, please specify.