> > Ugh. That flake-board shit is shit. You better pray that you never get a leak that
> > causes it to get wet in the winter. If it gets wet and then freezes and thaws
> several
> > times, it blows up and disintegrates into little wood crumbs. I can't believe they
> > ever approved flake-board for external sheathing.
>
> You might be thinking particle board? OSB is rather solid. It's exposure rated OSB,
> and the finished edges are sealed. Short of the cut edges, you can rain on it without
> consequence. All my cut seams have been sealed, and the garage will be wrapped. Just
> as strong as plywood, and less than half the price.
>
> If you think that is crazy, two of the quotes I got back from garage building
> companies weren't going to use wood sheathing at all. They were going to plywood the
> corners, and then foam board the rest....
Why do they even call that stuff OSB? The S in the B aren't O, but R, and they're hardly even S. More like C.
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