Re: [MV] Tar paper under wood?

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Oct 19 2003 - 10:32:08 PDT


At 11:46 AM -0400 10/19/03, Steve & Jeanne Keith wrote:
>I am about to re-deck Bomb Trailer #2 with wood planks and was thinking
>maybe I should put strips of tar paper between the wood and the metal frame.
>
>The wood can hold moisture (it will be treated with deck preservative) and
>the wood will move a little probably eventually wearing thru the paint on
>the
>wood.
>
>What do we think?

What about stainless steel sheeting? It'd resist the pressure of the
wooden decking on the frame members. That would normally cut through
the tar paper. Or you could build little SS channels that just cover
the frame members.

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