Osb 2 Or 3 For Shed Roof

Up here in bonny scotland i ve seen many a roof with osb.

Osb 2 or 3 for shed roof.

Singletrack issue 132 is out now. For shed construction there are two commonly used grades of osb. The lower the slope the more weight for snow load but less wind force. Osb is 18mm and no bounce.

Apple podcasts google podcasts android by email rss. Sheets of 7 16 inch thick with no edge support can be used in an area where the snow load is 30 pounds per square foot. The higher the slope the more quickly the snow and rain will be shed but also the greater the wind force. With edge support and the same snow load 3 8 inch osb can be used.

Thick osb does a fine job sheathing the walls and roof of a shed it is a bottom of the barrel sheet material for several reasons. And while seven sixteenth in. Direction of text should run in direction of span. Thicknesses range from 5 16 to 3 4 inch and the proper.

Also make sure that you get your supporting timbers at the correct spacing. Osb comes in 4 by 8 foot sheets as does plywood but the manufacturing process allows the production of longer and wider ones. Typical markings on osb panel. The two grades of board look very similar and can only be distinguished visually by markings which are sprayed on to the board.

Hi folks building a 7x4m shed to get the kids and xbox out of the house. Even though plywood is more expensive and osb stronger my recommendation for a shed roof is 5 8 or 3 4 construction grade exterior rated cdx t g plywood. Typically 3 4 18mm for floors and 3 8 9mm for walls and 1 2 11mm roof. Osb is made of chips of softwood glued together in a semi random pattern.

The thickness of osb that you need varies on where it is used in a building. On top of the osb i was going to lay floating 25mm insulation then some engineered wood laminate which i had surplus. My plan is for a warm roof so i m going to lay the 18mm osb3 then a vapour barrier followed by 100mm celotex insulation boards. 2 is ok but 3 better you don t say what thickness the floor needs to have air circualtion.

As with plywood osb typically comes in 4 ft. The topic replacement shed roof osb or ply is closed to new replies. I ve just about finished my double skin brick shed and i m about to do the roof. I m thinking about putting another layer of osb on top of the insulation before i finally lay a single sheet epdm on top.

My shed is osb with a layer of torch on roof felt been good for 10 years.