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What are the roof deck/sheathing panels that look like pressed spaghettii?
Thursday, April 21, 2022
It’s called Tectum, and the first question we usually get asked about it is “Does this stuff contain asbestos?” No it does not. Tectum is manufactured from excelsior (long, thin wood fibers, a byproduct from shaving logs that is also used for craft projects and packing material) and a hydraulic cement slurry, pressed together under heat. First produced in 1949 by the Tectum Company, it was popular with Florida's "mid-century modern" architects as an exposed roof sheathing that also has sound deadening qualities.
Today it is mostly used as a ceiling material in noisy public spaces like high school gyms and public pools. But it was once a nifty detail for architect-designed homes, like the one shown above.
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