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Publication Review

Title: Alternatives to Structural Plywood and OSB
Author: NAHB Research Center and PATH, 2003
File: Free Technotes, PDF 157 KB, 4 pages
Audience: Written for builders and designers with experience in wood framing.

Review
Brief overview of the alternatives to typically used sheathing products in the face of rising material prices. A short discussion of the challenges to switching products.

Issues covered include:

• why look for alternatives
• imported OSB (oriented strand board) and plywood
• fiberboard
• cementitious board
• fiber cement
• gypsum
• foil and paper faced insulative board
• foam sheathing
• wood boards
• representative sheathing prices per product
• challenges with alternatives

Detail drawing include:

• no graphics

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