We will be using tyvek of course.
Osb siding for garage.
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.
The edges of osb can delaminate quickly if they get damp.
Replace any damaged sheathing with plywood or oriented strand board osb.
T1 11 siding comes in two major grades plywood and osb or oriented stand board.
Osb is now used for about 70 percent of all floor wall and roof sheathing in north america.
Once siding boards are removed check the sheathing and waterproofing paper or other material.
My garage was clad in the same siding.
When replacing exterior sheathing for prep of a vinyl siding is osb ok to use as sheathing.
Store osb panels in a garage or watertight shed before installation and install exterior siding immediately after hanging osb panels.
Osb thickness for wall sheathing.
The plywood product is a little more expensive but is far superior to the osb variety because of its greater durability and expanded finishing options.
The strands are glued.
In 2001 oriented strand board surpassed plywood in terms of square footage produced.
We used to stand up osb and butt it tight.
If and when it swelled at all it would make the wall wavey.
Obviously osb is half the price of.
Especially on garage walls 9 with 2x4 construction.
For a really good job replace old waterproofing paper with a modern wrap such as tyvek.