The most common uses for plywood include support for floors walls roofs and garages in residential construction.
Standard plywood sheeting for wall.
Severe weather 3 4 in common southern yellow pine plywood sheathing application as 4 x 8.
So companies like norbord started creating tallwall windstorm panels to help alleviate this.
When used for roofing plywood panels are covered and protected by a variety of building materials that keep the elements at bay including roof felt underlayment flashing and shingles.
Many contractors opt for plywood on corners or anywhere a cut sheet must be used rather than a sheet with a factory sealed edge.
Cut edges of osb are especially vulnerable to water damage which is why the plywood pieced in method works so great.
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It s made up of several thin layers of wood or plys which are laid in opposite directions to one another.
A 5 8 inch sheet of plywood weighs 1 8 to 2 1 pounds per square foot versus 2 75 psf for a sheet of 5 8 inch drywall.
This means that the average 4 by 8 sheet of drywall can weigh 20 to 30 pounds.
Plywood is a frequently used material for external structural sheathing.
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Apa trademarked plywood is suitable for a variety of end uses including subflooring single layer flooring wall and roof sheathing sheathing ceiling deck structural insulated panels marine applications siding webs of wood i joists concrete forming pallets industrial containers mezzanine decks and furniture.
Plywood is often used in combination with osb for wall sheathing.