Roofing Over Particle Board

As far as price goes yes on a normal size home.

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. If you have chosen to use a rigid roofing metal wood shakes or shingles tile etc you can use 1 x 4 slats instead. However even in the best of circumstances particle board is very susceptible to moisture damage. The particle board was visibly marked as type 2 m w considered aceptabe as roof sheathing by generally acceptd modern standards.

Always begin working at the point with the longest peak to eave distance. If your going over the exsisting spaced deck boards than 7 16 or 1 2 osb is fine. Even small amounts of water can cause particle board to warp buckle and fall apart. 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.

Osb is widely used as roof decking material. Use as underlayment for resilient flooring to provide a suitable and durable installation surface for finished flooring products. 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. Frotte frank rotte october 24 2014 4 31pm 2 sounds good to me.

It is assumed here that you will be applying plywood particle board or wafer board sheathing. With wood roofs slats are a must to avoid rotting the wood shakes. Add the metal panels. Plywood vs particle board.

Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. A homeowner recently wrote and asked me the following regarding osb roof decking. 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. Continue reading below our video of the day.