It contains only low emitting safe resins and is offered in a comprehensive range of performance categories.
Osb shear wall panel.
Wood structural panels wsp provided an average ultimate lateral resistance capacity of 351 pounds per lineal foot plf with no interior gypsum wallboard gwb applied.
Osb s strength comes from the fact that strands of wood are aligned in each layer and that each layer is perpendicular to the one below they mimic plywood in this perpendicular layering.
The strands are glued together under heat and pressure to make.
Manufactured from waterproof heat cured adhesives and rectangularly shaped wood strands that are arranged in cross oriented layers osb is an engineered wood panel that shares many of the strength and performance characteristics of plywood.
The schedule also calls out the attachment of sheathing to framing as well as the attachment of the wall to the foundation and roof.
Oriented strand board is a widely used versatile structural wood panel.
This table lists the shear panel thickness usually listed as 15 32 inch cdx plywood or 7 16 inch apa rated sheathing osb.
Oriented strand board pros.
It s made up of hundreds of thin wood strands that have been pressed into a board with resin and wax adhesives.
When osb panels are created thin wood strands are combined with adhesive and then hot pressed into sheets.
Oriented strand board exterior wall sheathing osb oriented strand board or osb is a popular and frequently used sheathing material.
Oriented strand board osb is an engineered wood structural panel created of strands of wood about 1 inch wide and up to 4 feet long.
Osb panels come in 4 foot widths and 8 foot or longer lengths.
For this sampling of tested wall assemblies representing single story walls using traditional anchor bolt restraint osb i e.
A cost effective high performance structural panel lp osb is designed for optimal performance and stability.