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Fire rated decking materials?

qtsam2 | Posted in General Discussion on

I have another thread about aluminum decking, but what is out there as far as fire rated decking. I have found galvanized, but not painted. I found aluminum but am not sold on it yet. Anything else?

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  1. joewood | | #1

    Boardwalk has a Class A Fire Rating
    http://www.austinwholesaledecking.com/boardwalk/index.htm

    and so does ipe from what I've heard.

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