Re: [GBlist] OSB

["Mark Marcoplos" <marcoplos@mindspring.com>]

I used 3/4" tongue& groove OSB on my personal house. It rained incessantly
during framing. The stuff swelled up a bit, but uniformly. The OSB did just
fine during this severe test.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Courtright" <acourtri@krl.org>
To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: [GBlist] OSB


> Lately there's been an opinion expressed that if OSB gets wet, it'll turn
> to mush.
>
> But here on the we(s)t side of Washington (which actually gets less rain
> than New York City) people build all the time using OSB, including for
> roof underlayment, and seem to feel no need to cover the stuff up if it's
> raining during the construction process.
>
> Is there no equivalent to CDX in OSB?  I'd think mfrs would make some of
> the stuff with exterior glues?  And is there an equivalent to the smoother
> grades of plywood also, for other uses?
>
>                          -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=
>                                 Poulsbo, WA
>                              acourtri@krl.org
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