Osb Or Plywood Sheet

Item 12218 model 637367.

Osb or plywood sheet.

Pros and cons advantages of plywood. Plywood and panel products. A 4x8 foot sheet of construction grade plywood costs roughly 10 a sheet while the same size sheet of osb costs only 6 a sheet. Compare click to add item 7 16 x 4 x 145 1 8 osb oversized wall sheathing to the compare list.

Today osb has 70 75 market share and plywood has about 25 share. Plywood is the more expensive option to build with than osb. Zip system 1 2 cat ps2 10 tongue and groove osb sheathing application as 4 x 8. Price high to low.

Oriented strand board osb is a material with oriented strand board osb is a material with high mechanical properties that make it particularly suitable for load bearing applications in construction. Price low to high. Osb was introduced in the 1970s and steadily gained market share from plywood surpassing plywood in production in 2000. The material tends to be thicker and needs to be made to more exacting standards which increases costs.

A viable alternative to plywood this osb board is engineered to prevent any cupping warping or splitting. 23 32 cat ps2 10 tongue and groove osb subfloor application as 4 x 8.