Roofing Over Particle Board

If your going over the exsisting spaced deck boards than 7 16 or 1 2 osb is fine.

Roofing over particle board.

Use as underlayment for resilient flooring to provide a suitable and durable installation surface for finished flooring products. 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. It is assumed here that you will be applying plywood particle board or wafer board sheathing.

Plywood vs particle board. Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. However even in the best of circumstances particle board is very susceptible to moisture damage. If you want to pay more plywood cost double or more than osb than go with 1 2in plywood.

Add the metal panels. Continue reading below our video of the day. A homeowner recently wrote and asked me the following regarding osb roof decking. Particle board approved type particle board was installed as roof sheathing.

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. 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 is an inexpensive smooth product that can be used for underlayment under carpeting and vinyl flooring. If you have chosen to use a rigid roofing metal wood shakes or shingles tile etc you can use 1 x 4 slats instead.

Always begin working at the point with the longest peak to eave distance. 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.