Suitable for use with all bauder systems.
Osb flat roof deck.
Typical types of wood used for roof sheathing are oriented strand board known as osb and plywood the most popular being osb.
Osb boards used for the deck should be.
Oriented strand board osb osb is a type of wood panel comprising of timber strands and should be manufactured in accordance with bs en 300.
When designing a roof using smartply osb roof panels a deemed to satisfy approach may be employed using tables and design guidance for domestic roof applications given in bs 8103 3.
The thickness of plywood used for roof decking depends on the roof slope the spacing of rafters and the weight of other material to be put over the decking as well as the design load the.
When you count sub floors roofs and wall sheathing osb claims about 70 of the wood sheathing market in north america over plywood.
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 current roof is polycarbonate hipped roof.
Flat roof deck.
It goes up to 50c in summer being.
A homeowner recently wrote and asked me the following regarding osb roof decking.
Tiled pitched roof with velux or flat roof with pyramid lantern.
Wood particle board chipboard.
A minimum thickness of 18mm these will be able to span up to 600mm.
Oriented strand board isn t plywood nor is it a type of particleboard fiberboard or wafer board and although it is a newcomer to a plywood.
Up until 2000 plywood held the majority of the market for wall roof and floor sheathing when it was surpassed by osb which as of 2018 held about 75 of the market share.
Builders put a new flat roof on the extension to my house in glossop in march 2011 he guaranteed the roof against leaks for 10.
Oriented strand board osb osb used for flat roof decking should be type osb 3 or osb 4 conforming to bs en 300.
Osb is widely used as roof decking material.
Thickness and fixing recommendations are similar to those for plywood.
Osb flat roof decks should be designed in accordance with bs 6229.
Can oriented strand board osb be used for roofing.
Hi our existing extension is 4 2m by 4 8m.
Pitched roof or flat roof.
Panel selection should be made according to the category of use given in table 1 below.
Oriented strand board commonly referred to as osb is a type of engineered lumber similar to particle board formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands.
