Q. I'm trying to educate myself about new construction, as I'm thinking of building a new home. I see carpenters nail on large sheets of wood onto the wall studs. What's the purpose of this funny ...

Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is a structural, engineered wood panel now used for about 70 percent of all floor, wall and roof sheathing in North America. It’s available in 4-foot wide sheets that ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Huber Engineered Woods LLC, leading manufacturer of innovative building solutions, recently reaffirmed its ZIP System ® wall sheathing and ZIP System ® tape as ...

Among all the hidden elements, all buildings include sheathing, the outer casing that construction crews place to serve several key purposes: protect the floor, walls, roofs and ceilings ...

Plywood used to be king for wall sheathing and flooring material, but oriented strand board (OSB), introduced in the late 70s, is now the most popular. But both have their advantages and ...

OSB has been used for sheathing in construction for decades since it was invented in 1963. Since then, OSB has gained popularity, extensively utilized for wall sheathing, floor underlayment, roof ...

North Carolina that used LP ® FlameBlock ® Fire-Rated OSB Sheathing. A total of 6,500 square feet of LP FlameBlock sheathing was used on the exterior wall of the UL349 assemblies. Because it ...

The thickness of OSB sheathing is generally 3/8″ or 7/16″ (with some use of 15/32″) in wall applications. For those dimensions, mill prices have climbed an average of 491% since January 2020.

and thickness significantly influence the overall performance of the walls. Double-sided sheathing with OSB demonstrated the highest shear strength and energy dissipation capacity. This research ...