I’ve learned the benefits of oriented strand board (OSB) and have often used it as a cost-effective alternative to plywood ...

“If your house is newly built and it is being built during the rainy season, most likely they are using particle board or OSB instead of regular plywood,” he says as he drives up to the timber ...

it’s short for Oriented Strand Board. An engineered lumber, OSB is made of strands (or chips) of wood. It’s similar to plywood but doesn’t require large thin sheets of lumber. To make a ...

The price of a plywood substitute that used to be cheap is hitting repeated record highs, adding to the already skyrocketing cost of building a home in North America. Oriented strand board ...