Osb Or Plywood For Flooring

Using larger osb panels can be an advantage when flooring a big or odd size shed reducing the number of joints in a floor.

Osb or plywood for flooring. Osb is actually as smooth as plywood and once it s covered by laminate flooring you ll never know it s there. A viable alternative to plywood this osb board is engineered to prevent any cupping warping or splitting. Osb oriented strand board. Osb and plywood are both commonly sold in 4 by 8 foot sheets but osb can be made in much larger panels up to 8 by 24 feet.

As a result osb floors are more likely to squeak due to floor movement cause hard floor surfaces to crack such as tile result in soft spongy floors cost of plywood vs osb. Osb is cheaper than plywood by about 3 to 5 per panel. The sheets are generally 4 x 8 or 4 x 12 feet in size. Get free shipping on qualified osb panel sheathing subflooring plywood or buy online pick up in store today in the lumber composites department.

Using osb for flooring osb comes in plywood sized sheets that are typically 4 feet wide and either 8 9 or 10 feet long with thickness ranging from 3 8 to 1 1 8 inches.