How To Deck A Roof Osb

Starting with how to place the first row of sheathing we cover fastening methods the use of h clips stagg.

How to deck a roof osb.

Of roof decking costs 800 2 800 to install depending on the material you choose. A homeowner recently wrote and asked me the following regarding osb roof decking. Osb is widely used as roof decking material. Once you have the area you can divide by the area of a sheet of plywood to find the number of sheets needed.

Osb is lightweight relatively inexpensive and strong enough to resist bending or breaking should someone walk on the roof. On average 300 sq ft. Osb comes in 4 by 8 foot sheets as does plywood but the manufacturing process allows the production of longer and wider ones. This instructional video covers how to store space and fasten osb oriented strand board roof sheathing including radiant barrier roof sheathing.

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. In the u s roof sheathing is almost always composed of wood usually osb oriented strand board or plywood. Roof sheathing or decking is one of those elements. So dividing the area of the roof by 32 will give you the number of sheets needed.

We go in depth on how to install roof sheathing. I m halfway though sheeting the roof of my shipping container shop and already need to redo some of it. For example if your roof is 1 500 ft 2 then it will take 47 sheets of plywood to sheath it. Typical types of wood used for roof sheathing are oriented strand board known as osb and plywood the most popular being osb.

Unfortunately many homeowners who have a flat deck roof have to deal with frequent leaks. Watch this now to learn how to avoid this same pr. This is usually because low quality leak prone decking materials such as epdm rubber are used often in an effort to save money. A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2.