Toby--it is rated the same in strength, if I remember right, as the same
nominal thickness plywood, though it tends to have more edge swell when it
gets wet than does ply. It's cheaper than ply, and is available pretty much
everywhere.
Dan Weeks
> From: Toby Folwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 06:37:01 -0800 (PST)
> To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [VAC] Re: New Bambi not particle board.
>
> As I understand it, OSB would be superior because it's
> a high-pressure compressed and resin impregnated.
> HOWEVER - there is the weight consideration - it will
> last, but I can't imagine it would be light... I also
> can't imagine that it's inexpensive since it's one of
> the hottest "green" technologies for architects right
> now.
>
> If anyone knows where one can get 4x8 sheets of this,
> I'd like to check it out too!
>
> Toby
>
>> I'm wondering if the Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
>> mentioned here is the
>> same material that my new house was sub floored
>> with. It's fairly large
>> chips and it's not particle board but I don't know
>> about the oriented
>> part. Looks kind of random to me. But my question is
>> would this OSB
>> material be better to use than marine plywood in
>> replacing some water
>> damaged floor in front of the door on my Tradewind?
>> If so, where would I
>> find it? Having never replaced bad flooring I
>> thought I would cut out the
>> damaged part and replace it with marine plywood. Is
>> this how it's done?
>> (Not to be minimizing the effort involved.)
>>
>> Jim Greene
>> '68 Tradewind
>> Atlanta
>>
>>
>>
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