Rough but common mistakes when installing OSB boards with your own hands.

Now more and more often for interior decoration and not only are used oriented strand board (OSB) instead of plywood, chipboard and fiberboard.

And this is quite natural.

After allin terms of technical characteristics, they differ little, but OSB plates are usually cheaper.

Yes and installation of plates, at first sight, seems simple and straightforward.

Although, if you look at it, he has featuresthat many people forget or don't know about.

As a result very often gross mistakes are made, which sometimes lead to irreparable consequences and the material has to be dismantled.

To prevent this, it is better to learn from other people's mistakes.

Installation of OSB boards without deformation gap.

OSB plate made from several layers of pressed and glued wood chips and shavings.

Therefore, just like any wood depending on humidity and temperature changes its volume.

But this property of OSB slabs is very often not taken into account. and they mounted close to each other.

As a result, the plates are deformed during operation.

In the process of laying between the slabs, it is imperative to leave an expansion joint to compensate for the expansion of the material of the order of 2-3 mm.

There is another common mistake related to this material property. it

Mmounting plates OSB without acclimatization.

OSB platesmounted immediately after delivery without acclimatization, during operation, they can swell and go in waves.

Before installation, the slabs must undergo acclimatization at the installation site to equalize their humidity with the ambient humidity for two days.

Finishing the house with OSB plates without their protective treatment.

Another common mistake is anuse of slabs for exterior decoration of the house without processing.

The resulting slab under the influence of precipitation and UV rays begin to darken and are affected by the fungus.

It is also a mistake to sew up OSB boards without protective treatment siting or imitation of timber. Because when the temperature drops, condensation forms and the slabs begin to collapse.