Plywood used to be king for wall sheathing and flooring material, but oriented strand board (OSB), introduced in the late 70s, is now the most popular. But both have their advantages and ...

Some OSB panels react differently from plywood when they get wet. When OSB is manufactured, the cut edges are sealed with a special waterproof paint.

Plywood and OSB share many characteristics, but in certain respects they are quite different. Possibly the most important thing to realize is that when each product is manufactured according to ...

Real wood comes from trees, but engineered wood comes from a factory. It's just as good in many ways, and in some cases even better.

First came pegboard storage, then bare plywood cabinetry, and now, we're seeing another material take off: oriented strand board, or OSB. Never heard of it?

Oriented-strand board (OSB) is an engineered-wood product that is widely used as an alternative to plywood in residential construction. A story on green building in Saturday's Home & Real Estate ...

The price of a formerly cheap plywood substitute call oriented strand board has surged 97% since the start of the year.

Unusually high internal bond, allowing NewWood to hold fasteners at 3X the strength of plywood and 4X OSB Very low edge swell when immersed in water; 1/8th of water absorption compared to OSB ...