Roofing Over Particle Board

Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge.

Roofing over particle board.

By chris deziel 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 dominated market its use for exterior. Particle board approved type particle board was installed as roof sheathing. If you have chosen to use a rigid roofing metal wood shakes or shingles tile etc you can use 1 x 4 slats instead. Use as underlayment for resilient flooring to provide a suitable and durable installation surface for finished flooring products.

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. Plywood vs particle board. If your going over the exsisting spaced deck boards than 7 16 or 1 2 osb is fine. Take your first sheet of metal and place it on the roof so that it overhangs the edge at least 3 4 in 1 9 cm.

A homeowner recently wrote and asked me the following regarding osb roof decking. Particle board is an inexpensive smooth product that can be used for underlayment under carpeting and vinyl flooring. The particle board was visibly marked as type 2 m w considered aceptabe as roof sheathing by generally acceptd modern standards. Even small amounts of water can cause particle board to warp buckle and fall apart.

Frotte frank rotte october 24 2014 4 31pm 2 sounds good to me. Osb is widely used as roof decking material. As far as price goes yes on a normal size home. Continue reading below our video of the day.

If you want to pay more plywood cost double or more than osb than go with 1 2in plywood. However even in the best of circumstances particle board is very susceptible to moisture damage. After installing over 10 000 new roofs and specializing in re decks i would never again install standard 1 2 cdx plywood over standard 7 16 osb. Add the metal panels.