plywood / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...Plywood and OSB images via Flickr OSB and plywood offer similar (and sufficient) performance in terms of strength and functionality, though plywood is about 7% stronger. The main difference between the two is how they handle moisture, and oddly enough there are wildly varying conclusions - from very reputable sourc...

...plywood panels that use wood veneers instead of solid wood Dowel laminated timber that use no glues, resin or fasteners If that second one seems contradictory, the true definition of 'laminated' is close to 'assembled', though in construction most people assume that to mean it will include adhesives. Just pointing tha...

...Plywood wall coverings Finishing-grade plywood with veneers such as maple or birch can be an excellent - and quick to install - alternative to drywall for wall finishing. Rather than using drywall compound and paper tape for joints, they are usually covered with a thin wood trim. We recently finished the walls of our S...