Modern Shed Wall Sheeting
Generally plywood is easy to work with but note that it does not come re primed and tends to have a rougher texture.
Modern shed wall sheeting. A structural frame and sheathing that covers the frame. We used 15 32 osb for our structural sheathing and installed them in a vertical orientati. Using my 8 x10 gabled example shed with 8 foot high walls i do the following calculations. They consist of six small profiles which will be facing into the building and five flats facing out of the building each profile is 32mm deep and at 200mm centres from peak to peak.
Make your new home stand out or bring an existing home up to date with quality roofing walling and cladding from stratco. See how to install sheathing on the wall frames we built last time. Roof and wall cladding art in steel. 0 5mm and 0 7mm however 0 5mm is the recommended gauge for side cladding.
Many contractors opt for plywood on corners or anywhere a cut sheet must be used rather than a sheet with a factory sealed edge. Osb is made of chips of softwood glued together in a semi random pattern. Our box profile 32 1000 wall cladding sheets are available in two gauges thicknesses. T1 11 adds structural strength to shed walls and in most cases shouldn t dent.
Oriented strand board osb is the least expensive option for sheathing the walls and roof of a shed which is why it s used so often for sheds and homes. Front and back walls are both 8 high by 10 long 8 10 80 32 2 5 sheets per wall so 5 sheets will do the two walls. Every shed has two main parts. Building a modern shed part 5 installing the wall sheathing posted on august 4 2018 author chris k 2 comments in this article we ll look at how we installed the sheathing on the modern work shed build.
Cut edges of osb are especially vulnerable to water damage which is why the plywood pieced in method works so great. Plus with plywood no wall sheathing is necessary because they sheath and side at the same time compared to a siding like vinyl. Building a modern shed part 7 insulated roof sheathing panels posted on november 11 2018 november 11 2018 author chris k 2 comments this part of the build diverges a little from what you d consider a normal shed. Left and right end walls are 8 high by 8 long 8 8 64 32 2 sheets per wall so 4 sheets.
Available in colorbond and zincalume 840 mm cover.