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What are the common dimensions of plywood used for flooring and roofing?
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∙ 14y ago
1/2, 5/8, 3/4 depending on what it needs to do.
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∙ 14y ago
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Extra strong roof plywood sheathing.
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Where is plywood's most common use?
Plywood's most common use is in exterior sheathing and in flooring substrate. Plywood is also commonly used for concrete form work. Plywood is layered and the layers are oriented at right angles to provide strength and dimensional stability. Plywood also comes in a few thicknesses depending on the application.
What size of plywood are used for roof decking?
The most common varieties of softwood plywood come in three, five or seven plies with a metric dimension of 1.2 m × 2.4 m or the slightly larger imperial dimension of 4 feet × 8 feet. Plies vary in thickness from 1/10" through 1/6" depending on the panel thickness. Roofing can use the thinner 5/8-inch plywood. Subfloors are at least 3/4-inch depending on the distance between floor joists. Plywood for flooring applications is often tongue and grooved. The mating edge will have a "groove" notched into it to fit with the adjacent "tongue" that protrudes from the next board. This keeps the boards from slipping past each other providing a solid feeling floor when the joints do not lie over joists. Tongue & groove flooring plywood is typically 1" in thickness. Sources-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plywood
What are the characteristics of plywood?
Plywood is a wood product that is produced by gluing some plies of hardwood or softwood together. It is resistant to many common annoyances found in solid wood, such as shrinking, cracking and twisting. Plywood is also a strong and durable material and it is more environmentally conserving, due to the fact that plywood can be made into sheets that are much wider than the original trees. Different types of plywood are used for a wide variety of different things, including dog kennels, flooring, furniture, fences, framing, barns, yachts, roofs, mailboxes and shelving.
What type of wood is used for hardwood flooring?
The type of wood used in hardwood flooring varies. The most common type of wood used in hardwood flooring is timber. Another common but more exotic wood in hardwood flooring is bamboo.
What are the most common uses for soft plywood?
Home construction
What do plywood and dynamite have in common?
They were both invented by Alfred Nobel
What are the most common roofing slates?
The most common roofing slates is Welsh slate. This type of slate has been used for many years and is very common around many houses in the UK. Slate is very common due to how well it reacts to weather conditions.
What type of flooring is common for a loft space?
The type of flooring for lofts tends to be that made of wood, or laminate flooring. Concrete or that made of stone is avoided as it is too heavy for most buildings.
Is Oak engineered flooring durable?
Oak is generally thought of as a durable flooring. It is the most common wood floor in North America. The Janka Hardness Scale puts white oak at 1360 and red oak at 1290. In comparison, hard maple is a little higher at 1450 and southern yellow pine at 870. The construction of the floor will have a great deal to do with how this floor will wear. The under part of the floor ideally should be made of plywood and not HDF or MDF. Assuming this, oak engineered flooring is a durable choice for most homes.
How much does treated plywood weigh?
It depends what the "ply" value is ... the number of layers glued together. For instance, 1/2" plywood is going to be lighter then 3/4" plywood. A common rule of thumb is a 4x8 foot sheet of 1/4" fir plywood weighs 25 pounds. There are 32 square feet in a sheet, so a square foot of 1/4" fir plywood weighs about 0.78 pounds. Since 1/2" is twice as thick as 1/4", 1/2" fir plywood weighs twice as much, or 1.56 lbs, and 3/4" three times as much, or about 2.34 lbs. Fir plywood is common, but other species are available. Weight varies considerably between species of wood, so be aware the weight of plywood of different species can be different.
What exactly is wood flooring?
Wood flooring refers to any material that is meant to be flooring and that is made out of lumber. You can get solid wood flooring. Be careful; don't confuse laminate, vinyl, or vaneer floors for wood floors.
How many nails in a pound?
That would depend on the type (common, roofing, concrete) and their size as measured like a two penny (2d) nail and so on. For example 60d common nails are 10 to the pound and 2d roofing nails are 225 to the pound.
