Wooden flight decks, fire and jet exhaust

Did jet-engine heat end the use of wooden flight decks?

Pressure to abandon wood came earlier, through aircraft weight and fire concerns in British wartime practice.

One explanation attributes the end of wooden flight decks to jet exhaust heat. The competing view places pressure to abandon wood earlier, citing aircraft weight and fire risk. In this account of British practice, wooden coverings were acceptable for peacetime appearance but undesirable in war. Metal decks and an applied gripping material provided alternatives.