Sheet Materials

(Wood Based)

Wood-based panel products are sheet materials in which wood is predominant in the form of strips, veneers, chips, strands or fibres. The main categories are:

• Plywood (including blockboard)
• Chipboard
• Oriented strand board (OSB)
• Fibreboards, including medium density fibreboard (MDF)

Wood-based panels are versatile products with a wide variety of end-uses. Their use continues to expand because of:

• their good strength/weight ratio
• their good strength/cost ratio
• their ease of working/finishing/fixing
• the range of sizes and thicknesses available
• the range of types and special products available
• their good environmental credentials (made from a renewable raw material, recyclable, low life-cycle costs)
• their long, proven history of successful use

Oriented strand board (OSB)

OSB is made from precisely cut wood strands that are oriented in predetermined directions and a synthetic resin binder; these are pressed between heated platens to form a structural panel. OSB is most commonly manufactured with three distinct layers. In the surface layers the strands are generally oriented in the long direction of the panel, and in the core layer the strands may be oriented across the panel. This gives OSB different properties in the two panel directions, in a similar manner to plywood.
Plywood is available in a range of grades, we stock OSB/2 which ia a load-bearing board for use in dry conditions.
 

From stock it is available in the following sizes:
• 2440 x 1220mm in three thicknesses from 8mm to 18mm.

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