Strand Board, OSB Oriented Strand Board - Smartply & Sterling Board

Strand Board or OSB Oriented Strand Board is manufactured with exterior quality resin glues that make it the board of choice for many building requirements. The product is manufactured worldwide. Our main OSB brands in stock are Smart Ply & Sterling Board.

Smartply OSB3 has achieved approval by the BBA (British Board Agreement) - Certification No 98/3488/C and is also approved by Local Authority Building Inspectors and the National House Building Council (NHBC)

Smartply is manufactured using three layers of wood strands coated with waterproof resins. The strands are layered in specific directions to build up a lattice pattern through the sheet structure and then bonded under heat and pressure to make a strong, rigid board with good moisture resistance.

OSB Strand Board often referred to as Waferboard has many applications for the building trade and also for domestic use and offers many advantages over plywood, some are listed below: -

No core voids - No delaminating - No knots - Cheaper than Plywood
Some typical uses are: -

Flooring - Roofing (Sarking under tiles or slates) - Dormer Window Sheathing
Flat Roofing (Decking) - Timber Frame Sheathing - Site Hoardings and Gates
Garden Sheds - Animal Enclosures - Boarding up Windows
Packing Crates - Shuttering or Formwork

Oriented Strand Board (OSB 3) or Waferboard.

OSB Waterboard has many applications for the building trade and also for domestic use and offers many advantages over plywood, some are listed below: -

No core voids - No delaminating - No knots - Cheaper than Plywood
Some typical uses are: -
Flooring - Roofing (Sarking under tiles or slates) - Dormer Window Sheathing
Flat Roofing (Decking) - Timber Frame Sheathing - Site Hoardings and Gates
Garden Sheds - Animal Enclosures - Boarding up Windows
Packing Crates - Shuttering or Formwork.
The sheet sizes stocked are: -

OSB3 Waferboard Square Edged
OSB Flooring & Roofing