ConstructionEngineered WoodForest Product
Standing TimberIndustrial RoundwoodSoftwood LumberHardwood LumberWood-Based PanelsPlywood
What is it?
A structural panel made from long wood strands laid in layers and pressed - the cheaper sheathing that largely replaced plywood on house walls and roofs.
Why does it matter?
OSB can be made from small, fast-grown, low-value trees that no sawmill or plywood mill wants, which is why it undercut plywood on price and took most of the North American sheathing market. Its price moves with framing lumber because it is sold to the same builders at the same time.
Deeper written sections for this material have not been published yet. Everything below is drawn straight from the source datasets and is complete.
Read the numbers correctly.
Cubic metres. Builders buy it by the sheet, normally 4 by 8 feet, so a cubic metre is roughly 33 sheets of 11 mm.
Sold by thickness and span rating, with edges often sealed and tongue-and-grooved for floors. Not a finish material: it is structural sheathing and looks like it.
What it is used for
All end markets →| End market | What it does there | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Housebuilding | Wall and roof sheathing and subfloor | Defining |
