Home buyers nowadays, not to mention those contractors and property builders are passionate about the “green movement”, paying close attention to factors like reduced power consumptions, environmental effects and interior air quality as prime issues. As builders nowadays push to become a lot competitive in the marketplace by giving its own pie environmental responsibility to their offering, Oriented Strand Board or more commonly known as OSB sub-flooring is emerging as one of the most efficient product choices to obtain significant recognition.
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) has proved itself as one of the important materials in the construction industry specifically when it comes to flooring, roof sheathing and wall sheathing. New innovations thrive to drive the benefits and application of this extraordinary sustainable construction material.
OSB subfloor with tongue and groove. Picture egger.com
The “OSB Panel” which is environmentally friendly came from renewable fast growing trees of minimal diameter, and is utilizing minimal levels of dodgy levels of dangerous formaldehyde when compared with same products. OSB is practically cost efficient as compared to asbestos or ply board.
This ground-breaking oriented strand board panels are long-lasting, durable, consistent and reliable from one specific classification to the next, and are capable to supply building contractors with the choice of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain of Custody Certified wood, that is practically the wood used to come up with these types of woods. These woods are harvested from managed forest so we don’t have to worry about extinction.
Further, if you are a building contractor working with timelines like Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or more commonly known as LEED or the National Green Building Standard, several classes of sub floor products can aid you in attaining this goal if the sub floor products do not add resins like urea-formaldehyde.
With the prices being competitive, you will surely realized that in long term, you will save significant amount of money because based on clinical studies, OSB’s have a life expectancy on regular basis doubled ply boards and other subfloors. Oriented Strand Board flooring is durable and dependable for even the most challenging business and residential flooring needs. However, OSB should not be open to the dampness or weather on a continual basis, and should be flat installed, beneath or inside covers and shielded from the elements before installing it.
These types of pioneering materials are very useful not only because of its durability but of its essence in the environment. The superficial factor of these boards will not readily tell you its benefit in the environment, but the long term effect can practically be rewarding in your house and in the environment as well. It is high time for homeowners and building contractors in shifting its use instead of ply boards and plywood to using OSB as it supply unimaginable benefits and advantages in and out of your house. True enough, Oriented Standard Boards could be the material of the future in coherence with sustainable development and green movement.
