It hardly needs to be said that the construction of private houses in recent years is far from affordable for everyone. So, with the cost of a brick approaching that for some space materials, it is difficult to build a really reliable, but not too expensive house.
However, not everything is so sad. In this good endeavor, the OSB stove will help you, the characteristics of which we will consider today in more detail.
What kind of material is this?
Surely you are familiar with all kinds of chipboards, the mass production of which was established almost a hundred years ago. The impetus was the discovery of epoxy resins, which, combined with shavings, made it possible to make good building material from debris.
But over time, they quickly found out that their characteristics are far from perfect. So, resins emitted formaldehyde, and the plates themselves could not withstand prolonged contact with water, completely unsuitable for the role of external finishing materials.
Health Care
It was then that the OSB plate appeared, the characteristics of which were completely different. To start with the fact that it is completely safe for health. This is facilitated by the fact that special resins that do not contain formaldehyde are used for their production.
Water resistance
These same new-generation polymer compositions provide the slabs with such high water resistance that they can be used for the construction of various kinds of sandwich panels, which are now in great demand in the construction of inexpensive and high-quality suburban cottages.
Strength
But this is not so famous OSB plate! Its characteristics are so good that in its strength it is not much inferior even to a natural tree. How did you manage to achieve this?
The fact is that its abbreviation can be translated into Russian as “oriented-stranding”. If this concept is expanded more broadly, it turns out that the shavings and wood fibers used in its production do not fit anyhow, but with a certain calculation.
So, the upper and lower layers have chip stacking parallel to the axis of the material, and inside is a layer of perpendicularly oriented wood chips. Due to this, the OSB slab, the characteristics of which we are studying, can easily be applied even in the laying of floors in buildings, the load on which is not too high.
Durability
If you were dealing with fiberboard and particleboard, you are well aware that the old sofa, which was only ten years old, standing on the open veranda for only a couple of years, begins to literally fall apart. After that, our fellow citizens at first did not really believe that the OSB board, the technical characteristics of which made it so popular all over the world, was somewhat different from them.
But in vain! Even with outdoor use in Canadian conditions (which are not too different from ours), the OSB plate retains its properties for many years without breaking down, without being covered with fungus.
Of course, OSB cooker is moisture resistant for such difficult places. Its price is approximately 800 rubles per sheet. This allows you to recommend it even to those builders whose budget is quite limited.