Plywoods

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MDF (medium density fibre-board), Glue Lam, Hybeam, plywood, LVL (laminated veneer lumber).

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Hey y’alI,

I just bought a home & I live on the Gulf Coast (Southern Alabama). It’s common practice here during a hurricane to screw wood panel boards over ones’ windows to prevent wind/projectile damage. I don’t want to wait until there’s a hurricane sitting out in the Gulf of Mexico to go down to Home Depot and try to find materials when everyone else put it off until then as well…so I want to pre-make them for all my windows now and have them in the event we have a hurricane here….

Should I use plywood or would OSB be sufficiently strong (OSB is about half the price of plywood). All I plan to do is measure each window and cut the boards to fit over them; and in the event of a storm, all I’d have to do is screw them over the windows.

The options I have are either 7/16" OSB or 15/32" plywood- which obviously, the plywood is 1/32" thicker than the OSB, but is 1/32nd of an inch going to make that big of a difference, or is plywood stronger than OSB to begin with (or vice versa) and regardless of the thickness, would one be superior to the other for this purpose ?

Keep in mind, they would not be exposed to outside elements until they are put in place- so if long term weather exposure is a concern, it’s not an issue since at most, they’d be out for 24 hours or so and could be thrown away if need be after a storm should rain ruin untreated board.

Thanks for any help y’all can give!

Be blessed…..

Plywood is stronger then OSB. OSB is made of chips of wood. Plywood is made of wood veneer, glued in alternating directions. It’s more expensive, but worth it. Hope this helps.

Building my own house started in June of 2008 down here in southeast TX and to this day there isn’t a roof on it yet. The house was built out 2×6’s for all framing the floor is 3/4 inch plywood CDX. I pulled one the sheathing panels off side wall I had up and there was mold up on stud plates between the two top plates up there wood seems solid still but my concern is once the roof is on and it all closed in will it be possible to kill the mold or should I just set match to it all and start over except some how go faster next house I build. Im a one man crew. Any suggestions would help thanks.

spray it down with bleach or an mild acid and Finnish it

i’m repainting an old building with peeling paint. looks to have plywood siding.

dont forget to power wash the building before you prime

I bought a 300,000 home and the upstairs carpet is trashed. The must have had it cleaned for the showing beacause in no time pet smells are now enough to knock you over. My 10 year old daughter and my allergy’s are at their worst.
I have been breaking my back pulling carpet up, nails, staples, tack strip. Plywood is in the 3 bedrooms and hallway.The plywood is not in bad shape, just plywood. The steps are 7×1 and 4×1(rough estimate) on the tread(step) and there is chipboard( think that is what it is called) on the riser, (think that is what it is called-space between steps) I want to install hardwoods when the budget allows as I think that would increase the value of the home…am I right about that? But for now is there something I can do so we can live splinter free and smell free. Also, since we are kinda girly-girls something that looked cute too would be a big bonus for us. Thank you so much and PLEASE HELP!!!! Have a great day !!

anything to help a damsel in distress xx. Right what you can do for now is get a stain that is matt finish for the stairs. You then get some fine sandpaper and sand all the surfaces you want to paint. The chipboard is a little harder but I will get to that. The plywood surfaces you can use the stain on that to give it a decent colour most plywood is very red so you may want to get something which is a little darker like medium oak but not as dark as dark oak that is nearly black. once the plywood is stained you can use a matt varnish on it but make sure you dont use a gloss varnish as this will make the stairs very slippy. The varnish will protect the finish for a while. The Chipboard is another story, no point in trying tio stain or varnish that it will always look bad. What you need on that is a layer of sealant and you can use the varnish if you want it works all you are doing is getting a surface to paint on. Then you need to get a paint which will match your steps colour and paint the riser that colour. Its not ideal but it will make it look a little better until you get your new staircase. I just hope that the pets smells dont come back after alll your hard work as the only thing left is to lift all the floors and replace them. there are some products on the market specifically for this, go to a builders merchants and ask. Hope this helps

I recently bought a 4′x8′ sheet of 1/2" baltic birch plywood to make some parts. I need a 1/4" sheet and 1/8" sheet of baltic birch plywood to make the rest o the parts. I will have enough scrap wood from the 4×8 1/2" sheet to make the other parts for the project. I am asking if and how can I split the rest of the plywood in order to make the parts. (I really don’t want to buy more sheets of baltic birch because it is expensive)

Thank you for your time.

Go to Freecycle.com for your city and post a request for some decent scrap pieces of 1/4" baltic birch plywood.

we have a new home being built and its been framed in and left exposed in this nasty weather does the weather effect the plywood – fireplace insert etc ?

The plywood is typically exterior grade (meaning its internal glue is waterproof). The weather will not harm it.

I am replacing the floor in the kitchen and in front of the door to the outside is a soft spot probably caused by water and years of wear. I am thinking about an overlayment as sort of an entry pad rather than trying to replace the subfloor. I was thinking about marine grade plywood or is there something better? It will get the normal amount of water on it from the traffic through the entry door.

To do it right, wouldn’t want to do it any other way, replace the footer. This can be done partially in an overlay fashion. But just going over a bad part of the structure with plywood is a temporary thing and will just be twice as much work and monies when it needs repair again.
If it is probably caused by water, find that and fix it.
Then replace all the water damaged structure with new stuff.

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