System Qualifications & Approvals

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• Classified for use in Roof-Ceiling Fire Resistance Designs, 1, 1-1/2, 2 and 3 hours.
• Classified as a non-combustible roof deck/roof covering substrate for use with any UL Classified A, B or C roof covering system.
• Classified as a Non-combustible roof desk assembly for use with any UL Classified A, B or C asphalt shingle. When shingles are installed using the E.S. Hardened Do-All Loc-Nail, shingle failure accurs at a wind speed in excess of 100 mph.
• Classified for UL Class 60 or UL Class 90 uplift resistance with bituminous roofing.
• Classified for UL Class 90 wind uplift resistance with standing seam metal roofing is required.
• Approved for FM 1-60 or FM 1-90 or FM 1-135 wind uplift resistance with all roof coverings.
• Approval for FM 1-150 with Zip-Rib standing seam roofing.
• Standard Building code, SBCCI Report No. 8131.
• BOCA National Building Code, Research Report #86-123.
• State of Wisconsin Building Material Approval, Approval #900025-0.
• City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety Log #01200.
• Loadmaster roof deck assemblies meet the structural diaphragm design specifications of the Steel Deck Institute.
• Comprehensive weld studies, full scale tests and their evaluation were conducted by Larry D. Lutrell, Ph.D.,P.E., author of the Steel Deck Institute Diaphragm Design Manual.
• California DSA Product Acceptance Number PA-050.
• Florida DOE approval for hurricane resistance construction.

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