Which is better: chipboard, OSB or plywood? What is better to lay on the floor: plywood or chipboard? Comparison of chipboard and plywood

A little discussion about furniture materials: chipboard, MDF, plywood, furniture board, lumber, veneer.

Choosing furniture materials can seem daunting. And yet, if you understand the essence of the issue, the choice will always be elementary. About this video. Watch, ask questions, comment...

Today I want to answer this question: What is the difference between the materials used to make furniture? Today there are following materials: Chipboard, MDF, plywood, furniture board, lumber, veneer. Let's talk specifically about each of them.

Chipboard is a shortened abbreviation of the full name: particle board. A modern composite material obtained by pressing wood particles (sawdust and shavings) as binder formaldehyde resins are used. Interesting fact from Wikipedia: “Particle boards appeared in the 1940s in the USA ( English Chipboard) for temporary furniture for American refugees.” An appropriate explanation that once again reminds us why and for whom chipboard furniture was originally invented.

Let us next consider the operational characteristics of chipboard. One (and probably its only positive characteristic) is stability. Products made from chipboard retain their shape, color and size in normal room conditions. This is a dead material and, in comparison with wood furniture, does not require compliance relative humidity air, unless you completely fill it with water.

The next indicator that directly affects the life expectancy of furniture is strength. Anyone who has had furniture made of chipboard (most likely each of us) knows how fragile this material is. Despite the external solidity that is created thin layer plastic ( laminated chipboard), inside it consists of sawdust and shavings. And chipboards may differ in their density, which is immediately visible on the cut. Loose chipboard will not last you even a year: hinges will immediately fly out of it, shelves may break due to the weight of books, chips may appear, etc. Such furniture cannot be repaired, don’t even hope! If you are lucky and have purchased furniture made from higher quality dense chipboard, it will last you a maximum of 10 years. But only on condition correct operation: Do not hit corners, scratch or splash water. If you want to disassemble and reassemble such furniture, keep in mind that the third time you will no longer be able to screw in the screws.

But these are only the visible disadvantages of chipboard furniture. An important environmental indicator is that it has a hidden but targeted effect on the health of consumers. The cause of this is the binding resins, which emit formaldehyde, which is harmful to humans. The maximum permissible emission of harmful substances is determined sanitary standards. But do all manufacturers comply with these requirements? Low-grade cheap slabs sometimes exceed the maximum permissible concentration by up to 40 times. Slabs of this class are no longer produced abroad (in Europe and the USA), and only ultra-safe “Super E” class slabs are allowed to be used for furniture production. New furniture, from which active formaldehyde particles have not yet evaporated, is especially dangerous to health. Therefore, when purchasing, you should especially pay attention to the tape on all ends of the furniture, even those invisible from the outside. Use your sense of smell and sniff. Furniture made from chipboard with a high concentration of formaldehyde is caustic unpleasant smell. But often, what stands as a sample is not always what will be delivered to your home.

What makes MDF different? (Medium Density Fiberboard - fibreboard) from chipboard? It is classified as a less toxic material, since the slabs are formed by dry pressing of fine wood chips at high blood pressure and temperature. Urea resins modified with melamine are used as a binder. This ensures very low formaldehyde emissions, comparable to those of natural wood. Therefore, it is considered a more environmentally friendly material and is widely used in furniture production. The strength of MDF exceeds chipboard by about 2 times, slightly increasing the service life of furniture. Unlike chipboards, MDF is a moisture-resistant material, especially if it is coated with varnish and enamel. Such furniture is practical to use in the bathroom, where high humidity.

In addition, MDF can be lined with plastic, film or veneer. The variety of color shades and effects (shine, pearl, metallic, etc.) is impressive! In addition, with the help of special equipment, MDF parts can be given any shape, and radius doors can be made.

Each of the coating options has its pros and cons. Therefore, you should first think about the purpose of the furniture. In what form it is better to use MDF depends on where and in what conditions the future furniture will be located and what aesthetic requirements you place on it. MDF in film, plastic or coated with enamel looks like plastic - cold and lifeless. But covered with veneer, it is impossible to distinguish it from wood at first glance. Therefore, very often commercial manufacturers use MDF in furniture where both wood and MDF are partially present.

Plywood- a traditional wood material, the likeness of which was found even in Ancient Egypt. Later in Greece and Rome, craftsmen hand-glued rough wood veneers using natural resins. Industrial production plywood began only in the 19th century, which made furniture more affordable and at the same time increased its quality. Modern furniture plywood is made by gluing 3 or more sheets of special veneer using urea resin. Free formaldehyde emissions furniture plywood is insignificant and comparable in its performance to natural wood. In Russia, birch veneer plywood is mainly used for furniture production. For example, in the USA you can find cherry plywood, which large quantities grows in the northeastern part of the country. Furniture made from plywood has been produced since the end of the 19th century and has proven its right to exist. The pull-out strength of plywood fasteners is approximately equal to that of wood. The service life of plywood furniture reaches from 50 to 100 years. It is not for nothing that vintage samples from the 50s are already becoming a rarity and the subject of designer collections.

The first chairs from bent plywood American designers and spouses Ray & Charles Eames began to be produced in 1941 and were very popular in the USA and Europe.

Due to its environmental friendliness and low cost, plywood furniture is a favorite item modern interior. Children's furniture is made from it, kitchen sets, armchairs and a wide variety of designer furniture. Plywood can be used in furniture, maintaining its natural birch color, or painted in any color, and also veneered. The finishing of the plywood ends depends on the design of the product. They can be left open or covered with a wooden edge, veneered, so that they are indistinguishable from wood.

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Mobile bunk bed made from Rafa-Kids plywood.

Table buffet in Samara. Extended report from the workshops with 187 pictures.

Furniture board is a wood material obtained from planed wooden blocks glued together along the width and length. Made from solid birch, oak, beech, coniferous species different thicknesses and sizes. Due to its high strength and environmental friendliness, identical to solid wood, it is widely used in construction, decoration and production of wooden furniture. The furniture panel has a characteristic external feature, by which it can be immediately distinguished from solid wood or plywood. A peculiar chess pattern of spliced ​​bars is visible even in finished product, which reveals its origin. Working with furniture panels requires a certain skill, since the material glued together from bars has internal tension. This can lead to deformation (warping) of parts made from furniture panels in the finished product. The service life of furniture made from such panels is comparable to furniture made from solid wood, and is also subject to restoration and complete restoration.

Desk from warm wood(photo report in 77 pictures).

Veneer- This the thinnest sheet wood whose thickness does not exceed 3 mm. Natural wood veneer is obtained by thinly cutting part of the surface from solid wood (plywood logs), which is first passed through special treatment. Currently exists big choice veneer, obtained from various types of wood: oak, birch, maple, cherry, beech, walnut, wenge, bibolo, gabon, etc. from different parts of the world.

photo of a report on the manufacture of a sideboard, the doors of which are decorated with oak veneer glued with a classic diamond pattern.

The environmental friendliness of such furniture depends on the adhesives and varnishes used and lies entirely on the conscience of the manufacturer. You should also know that furniture using veneer requires compliance with certain microclimatic parameters of the room and does not like excess moisture. Small defects on the veneer surface can be restored. The pull-out strength of the fastener will depend on what is used as the base material: wood, plywood or MDF. The last option is completely unacceptable for me, because... has the lowest (no more than 10 years) service life and bears only the external appearance of wood, without essentially carrying anything more.

The quality of lumber directly affects the durability of furniture made from it. The presence of defects in lumber, such as knots and cracks, significantly reduces its quality, compromising the integrity and strength of the board. And high-quality lumber costs several times more than low-grade lumber. The quality of the resulting lumber is influenced by factors such as the cutting season, the age of the tree, and even environmental friendliness, i.e. no toxic contaminants environment. Good lumber is truly “worth its weight in gold” and furniture made from it will be a truly exclusive product at the highest price. Therefore, in the manufacture of wooden furniture, craftsmen often use wood materials such as plywood, veneer and furniture board. This reduces the cost of products and speeds up the manufacturing process, without at all compromising the performance characteristics of the furniture. A true connoisseur of wooden furniture is not scared off by horror stories about cracking And special conditions humidity. Not one of the above wood materials unable to endure what a tree can endure. My experience shows that even the most unfavourable conditions storage are not capable of permanently killing high-quality wooden furniture. The proof is the real process of restoration of the ancient desk, the restoration of which came as a surprise even to the hostess herself.

If not wood, then what is better, MDF or chipboard? Thinking out loud about understanding environmental friendliness and durability...

Modern repairs often involve leveling surfaces. This can be done using a wet or dry method, the latter of which involves, for example, the use of chipboard. In order to choose which quick leveling material to use, you should know the pros and cons of each.

To obtain a more rigid and robust construction It's better to use plywood.

Tools and materials

• hacksaw;
• nails;
• hammer;
• logs;
• plywood;
• level;
• jigsaw

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Chipboard, plywood and OSB

Chipboard is a composite sheet material made by pressing small wood particles; this process occurs when high temperatures oh, but shavings mixed with a binder, which are of non-mineral origin, are used.

If you are laying chipboard on the floor, you should take into account the need for pre-treatment of the material, which can damage the already vulnerable corners and ends of the boards. This is due to the fact that pieces of glued shavings easily break off, unlike plywood. The process is complicated by the need not to damage the coating and ensure reliable fastening.

Despite the fact that chipboard contains wood, the material cannot be called completely environmentally friendly, since the boards contain synthetic resins and formaldehyde. However, by laying chipboard on the floor, you get a guarantee of ease of installation and cost-effective material consumption. In addition, these slabs are available, which quite often acts as decisive factor when choosing this alignment method.

The difference between chipboard and plywood is that the latter material is a board made of layers of wood.

Before laying chipboard on the floor, it must be treated with drying oil or an antiseptic.

This material is made by gluing prepared veneer. As a rule, the number of veneer layers is odd and the minimum can be 3. In order to ensure the greatest strength, veneer layers for plywood are applied in such a way that the fibers are perpendicular to the previous sheet.

You can also use OSB for the floor, which is an oriented strand board. This is a relatively new development in the field of deeper processing of wood, which has made it possible to obtain a material that has unique physical and mechanical characteristics.

OSB combines best qualities which he has natural wood In addition, these boards do not have the disadvantages that chipboard or plywood have. To obtain OSB, high-tech methods of processing raw materials are used. If we consider OSB board in cross section, you can see 3 layers, each of which consists of chips with a length equal to the limit 4-8 cm.

The position of the chips for the OSB structure plays a major role. The middle layer in its structure contains chips that are elongated transversely in relation to the other layers, and the structure of the outer layers contains chips located along the length of the slab.

Layers of this material are pressed under significant pressure during the manufacturing process, and to increase the binding effect, the raw materials are impregnated with waterproof resins. This makes it possible to obtain a material with a uniform layer structure, in which delamination and voids are excluded. This distinguishes OSB from the materials described above.

Choosing the material to be used rough coating If you plan to lay the floor, you should first decide what is more important to you - cost, quality or ease of installation. If you want to save money, then you should choose chipboard, its cost is lower compared to the other materials under consideration, however, its installation will be more labor-intensive, since the coating will have to be carefully protected from the penetration of moisture, which can cause swelling and subsequent destruction of the chipboard.

Alternative, but of higher quality and expensive material, in comparison with chipboard, OSB acts. This material does not have a wax coating, is excellent for laying on a substrate with adhesive and has locking system tongue and groove

Plywood can cope with heavy loads if the floor arrangement requires it. If you intend to cover the floor with this material, then it is necessary to use one that has water-resistant characteristics and a thickness of at least 6 mm.

It is worth considering that the cheapness of chipboard may seem deceptive, because such floors, not sufficiently protected from moisture, can become wet and completely collapse, which can even happen to a painted version of chipboard. This will entail the need to change the coating after 1-1.5 years.

Advantages of chipboard:

• ease of installation;
• economical material consumption;
• insignificant cost.

Disadvantages of chipboard:

• the need for careful processing due to the likelihood of damage to the material and the occurrence of chips on it;
• not such an environmentally friendly material due to the content of synthetic resins and formaldehyde;
• flammability;
• the need to carefully protect the material from water penetration during the installation process.

Advantages of plywood:

• material strength;
• naturalness;
• Can be used even in wet conditions;
• ease of installation.

Cons of plywood:

• high price;
• flammability;
• With a certain production technology, harmful substances may be added to the material.

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Comparison of chipboard and plywood

• plywood has more high cost compared to chipboard;
• plywood is made of veneer, and chipboard is made of chips, which makes the latter material more vulnerable to mechanical stress and moisture;
• Chipboard involves more labor-intensive installation compared to plywood, since the latter option does not require careful protection from moisture;
• plywood may contain or be devoid of harmful phenolic compounds, while chipboard in any case contains resins that are harmful to human health.

Sheet materials made from wood veneer or shavings are very often used for constructing a subfloor, leveling the surface for finishing, as well as for sound and heat insulation. At the same time, you often have to decide: what is better – plywood or chipboard? Let's try to answer this question.

To do this, you need to understand how and what these materials are made of, what properties they have and how they behave during operation.

Features and characteristics of materials

Composition and structure

Both plywood and chipboard are made primarily of wood. But the first material is more natural and contains less glue.

The main difference between plywood and chipboard:

• Plywood is layers of natural veneer glued together from not the most expensive types of wood: pine, spruce, birch. There can be three or more such layers, the thickness of the material depends on their number.
• Chipboard consists of wood waste - sawdust and small shavings mixed with glue and pressed into sheets. It is clear that much more glue is required to produce it.

Features and Benefits

To answer the question of what is better for the floor - chipboard or plywood, let's compare the characteristics of these materials.

• Plywood is aesthetically more attractive. In some cases, it is also used as a finishing coating, covered with paint or varnish.

• Chipboards, even treated with special compounds or painted, have poorer moisture resistance. Unlike plywood, they do not return to their original shape after being soaked in water.
• Chipboard is less resistant to abrasion and can crumble over time under load. In addition, it holds fasteners – screws and nails – less well.
• But the advantages of particle boards include better bending strength than plywood, higher heat and soundproofing properties.
• It is also important to take into account such characteristics of materials as price. For chipboard it is much lower.

Yet none of these materials have sufficient moisture resistance, and with constant exposure to moisture they can rot and become a breeding ground for fungus and mold, leading to deterioration of the finish coating. Therefore, it is better to use them in dry, heated rooms.

Advice. For subfloor installations in wet rooms, OSB is more suitable - oriented strand boards, which are characterized by high moisture resistance.

As for the ease of installation, both materials are easy to lay with your own hands using standard tools home handyman. into fragments the desired shape and size.

Attention! When sawing chipboard, fine toxic dust is generated, so this must be done using a respirator or other protective equipment.

Based on the information above, it is difficult to make an unambiguous conclusion about whether plywood or chipboard is better for the floor. Everyone can independently evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of these materials and decide which one to use.

Technology for constructing a subfloor from sheet materials

Sheet materials can be laid on old coverings (plank floors, linoleum), on screed-leveled floors or on joists. In the first two cases, in addition to fastening with screws, glue is used.

Flooring on screed

Cement strainer done to level the surface. To do this, using a level, a line is drawn on the walls along the perimeter of the room, which will serve as a guide for the height of the screed.

Then bars are laid on the base, forming a grid of squares with a side length of about 1 meter. Their thickness should be slightly less than the thickness of the future screed.

Next is preparing cement-sand mortar in a ratio of 1:3, which is poured into the mesh cells and smoothed.

Note. To prevent the screed from cracking, it is necessary to ensure that a certain level of humidity is maintained during the drying period. To do this, cover it with plastic wrap and leave it for 7-10 days.

After the solution has dried, the instructions require priming the surface with bitumen mastic and letting it dry. After this, you can begin laying the subfloor.

The sheets are laid on a surface greased with glue with a slight indentation from the walls and with a gap between them of 2-3 mm, necessary for temperature and humidity expansion. They should be laid out with offset joints: the corners of four sheets should not meet at one point.

After laying the chipboard or plywood on the floor, it is drilled and screwed to the base, first in the center, then along the perimeter.

Laying on joists

This method is less labor-intensive and more environmentally friendly. If necessary, insulation is laid between the joists or soundproofing material.

However, thicker and stronger sheets must be placed on the joists to avoid their deformation. What is stronger - chipboard or plywood? This depends on the thickness of the sheet and the distance between the joists.

For example, 12 mm plywood can be placed on a solid base, and at least 20 mm on logs, provided that the distance between them is no more than 40 cm. Chipboard thickness should also be 18-22 mm.

Sequence of work:

1. Draw a diagram for laying lags depending on the size of the sheet material (see also article). The joints of the sheets should be on the center lines of the joists. In this case, take into account the shift of the sheets to offset the seams. You should end up with a mesh with a cell size of 30-50 cm.
2. Lay longitudinal joists on the floor and level them using spacers. Secure.

Attention! The distance between the wall and the outer joists should be no more than 30-40 mm.

1. Mark the position of the transverse joists and attach them to the longitudinal ones with nails driven in diagonally.

1. Place the first sheet in the corner of the room, retreating from the walls by 10-15 mm. To avoid straying from the center line when attaching to intermediate joists, apply pencil marks to the edges of the sheet corresponding to the middle of the bars and connect them with a straight line. Screw in the self-tapping screws along these lines in increments of 100-150 mm, recessing the caps into the body of the material. Then secure the sheet around the perimeter. It is best to use an electric screwdriver.
2. Mount the remaining sheets in the same way, leaving a gap of 2-3 mm between them. If it is not there, the floors may begin to creak over time.

1. When using tongue and groove sheets, there is no need to leave a gap. In this case, the tongue and groove joints are lubricated with glue and compacted by tapping each other with a mallet.
2. Remember to offset the sheets to prevent the four seams from intersecting at one point, and to leave a gap between them and the wall. Subsequently, they will be covered with a plinth.

It remains to be said that when laying in rooms where increased humidity is possible, sheet materials before laying it is necessary to cover with drying oil or other protective equipment. If the room is dry, then from the point of view of cost savings and ease chipboard processing Better on the floor than plywood.

Conclusion

In any case, the home owner has to make a choice in favor of this or that material or the method of its installation, taking into account his own capabilities and requirements for the coating. The information presented above will only help you decide. And in the video presented in this article you will find Additional information on this topic.

Similar materials

Knowledge of the main characteristics of the product makes it possible to evaluate all the pros and cons of the coating, which may affect subsequent cladding with decorative elements.

OSB

Oriented strand boards are becoming increasingly popular for rough work inside the home. They are produced by processing wood raw materials to obtain the right size, then binder resins and additional components are mixed into the resulting mass. The chips are laid in perpendicular layers. After pressing, the parts acquire the necessary parameters.

There are flat and tongue-and-groove OSB boards. When arranging the floor, it is better to use the tongue-and-groove option, since even sheets are laid with a damping gap, which must subsequently be filled with sealant

OSB board includes four main types depending on performance characteristics:

1. Products of categories 1 and 2 are suitable for laying on the floor in rooms with stable humidity and without serious loads.
2. Panels included in groups 3 and 4 are moisture resistant, which significantly expands the scope of their use. They cope well with impacts, but parts of the third category are more accessible due to cost.

Although such boards are usually used for preliminary leveling of a horizontal surface before further finishing, OSB can play an independent decorative role.

OSB-3 slabs are sufficient for floor covering, while in dry rooms you can save money by using OSB-2, universal plates OSB-4 is expensive, and OSB-1 is intended only for walls and ceilings in warm rooms

Plywood

Nowadays such material is used much less frequently; the emergence of modern finishing and construction products has reduced the demand for the product. This is explained by the high price of the board due to the manufacturing technology: for the production of multilayer sheets it is used natural veneer from various tree species. For structural reliability, the layers are glued together perpendicularly. The result is a material that is strong and resistant to various types of influences.

Plywood has been produced on an industrial scale for more than 100 years; such a respectable age determines a wide range of products with high performance characteristics.

Like the previous option, plywood comes in four grades:

• 1st category. This plywood has no defects. This is a very expensive variety, so it is used extremely rarely. Suitable for finishing work when it is necessary to create a floor surface for subsequent varnishing.
• 2nd category. The panels have minor deviations from the norm. Used for unfinished flooring in domestic premises.
• Category 3. Such products are not subject to grinding, have visible knots, cracks and small irregularities, and are well suited as a base for rough work.
• Category 4. The lowest quality products, which have numerous defects. It is not recommended to be used for flooring.

Therefore, when choosing a material, pay attention to the structure of the front covering.

It makes sense to use grade 1 only if the plywood is used for fine coating, for a subfloor or substrate, 2 or 3 grades are sufficient, while it is not advisable to use grade 4 for floor cladding

Chipboard

Particle boards are made from waste from the production of more expensive lumber or the discarding of non-valuable tree species. After cleaning and drying, the raw materials are crushed to the desired faction and becomes tarred. Under the influence of a press and high temperatures, sheets are formed.

The products include many varieties, among which the laminated version stands out the most. But to level the horizontal base, raw parts are used with or without sanding. At the moment, waterproof tongue and groove products are the most popular and preferred. Due to the tight alignment, it is possible to obtain a single plane, so this is a good option for bases that have some deviations.

The recently introduced moisture-resistant tongue-and-groove chipboard is excellent for both subfloors and finishing cladding.

Fibreboard (hardboard)

Fiberboards belong to the economy class. For roughing and finishing work, a hard type of material is used, which is produced by the “wet” method. The prepared raw materials are crushed to the desired state, then binding and modifying components are added. The mass is kept in a special pool, after which it is pressed under pressure under the influence of temperature.

Hardboard is also divided into categories that differ in the degree of hardness and the facing layer. The moisture-resistant version is impregnated with paraffin. Laying fiberboard on the floor is not particularly difficult, but it cannot be used to create a rough covering when laying on joists, since it does not have required thickness. This material is well suited for leveling underlayment under linoleum or parquet. But hardboard can act independently as a cladding with subsequent painting.

When covering the floor, fiberboard sheets of different densities can only be used as a substrate or temporary option

MDF

Based on fibreboards medium density can be classified as fiberboard, but they are produced using the “dry” method. For this purpose, the raw materials go through all stages of preparation without the use of water, and last stage pressed under the influence of temperature.

To properly lay such a slab on the floor, it is necessary to carefully prepare the base. Although, unlike the previous option, the panels are thicker, due to their structure they are not suitable for creating a truly rigid base. MDF is used much less frequently than plywood or OSB, due to its high cost.

Traditional MDF boards are used only as wall and furniture material, and for flooring laminate is used, which is based on MDF high density, but these boards are labeled as HDF

Comparison of characteristics

To choose the most suitable option for draft or finishing floor structure, it is necessary to take into account the basic parameters of the product.

Environmental friendliness

Health safety is one of the main factors. The indicators of wood-based panel materials comply with the standards reflected in standardization documents.

Because the outer side All materials are finished, harmful fumes are minimized.

On a note! To completely protect yourself from harmful effects, when purchasing, you should check for certificates of conformity.

Strength

To choose the most reliable option, you need to take into account the density and structure of the product:

It is difficult to compare all products on this parameter, since they have different sizes.

Dimensions

The length and width of all varieties are approximately the same, so it is necessary to compare the thickness:

The thickness and structure of the parts also affects protection from sound penetration and heat retention. If the noise pollution is very strong, then it is recommended to give preference to medium density fiberboards maximum thickness. They also serve as additional thermal insulation, which is similar to OSB.

Price

The difference in the price of materials depends on many factors: production method, raw materials used, additional processing, size and even place of sale.

To ensure that the total work budget does not amount to too significant an amount, it is necessary to immediately determine the scope of application of each type of product.

Easy to install

Lay wood boards It’s not difficult, it doesn’t require professional skills or complex tools. The order of work depends on the specific situation:

1. If a frame structure is being erected, then OSB would be the best option.
2. The light weight and thickness of hardboard make processing the fastest, but it is not suitable for serious leveling.
3. Chipboard and OSB panels are cut and fixed almost identically. They are much easier to trim than MDF, which due to its dense structure offers more resistance.
4. The most labor-intensive material to process is plywood. It will take much longer to place the product. It is more difficult to drill or adjust to size due to the presence of layers of natural wood in the structure.

All floor slabs are mounted on glue or joists, the only exception is the fiberboard covering: these sheets are not intended for laying on joists, they need a flat and durable base

What material is better for the floor?

To choose the most suitable option The specifics of the room and the final coating are taken into account:

Thus, it is impossible to single out any one material. For getting best result and increasing the service life of the coating, it is preferable to combine products.

What to choose for the walls?

All panel-wood products are suitable for installation on vertical surfaces. When choosing, the same requirements are observed as for the floor, with similar rules for placing materials depending on the room. The only exception is plywood; it is much less often used for working with walls. This is due to the high price and limited size range.

This article will help you make an informed choice in favor of one material or another.

Plywood- this is a material consisting of veneer, which is glued in several layers using glue.

The following facts speak in favor of using plywood:

• wide scope of application;
• high decorative properties. This is especially true for elite and first grade plywood;
• minimal susceptibility to deformation and shrinkage processes;
• regulated content of formaldehyde components;
• ease of processing;
• good fixation of fasteners in layers;
• moisture resistance;
• the ability to return plywood to its original shape after exposure to moisture;
• the ability to create bent shapes;
• equal strength over the entire plane of the sheet;
• no through cracks.

What plywood is better or osb?

Plywood and OSB are the two most similar materials. Difference in in this case consists only in the fact that in plywood the veneer sheets are solid and are located perpendicular to each other from the point of view of the structure of the wood fibers. In OSB sheets, the chips are located chaotically. In general, the material is created from the same raw materials. Therefore the question is What is stronger: plywood or osb- does not have a clear answer. It all depends on the thickness of the product, the type of wood used, and the quality of the glue.

Benefits AboutS.B.

• high shear strength. What is achieved due to a more uniform texture;
• low manufacturing cost, affecting the price of the final product;
• waste-free production;
• recyclability;
• less weight, with the same sheet thickness;
• minimal susceptibility to delamination of material components;
• possibility of covering the material with film or veneer.

The given product characteristics allow us to conclude that Which is cheaper: plywood or OSB? The latter has the advantage. To be fair, it should be noted that this is almost the only advantage of OSB over plywood. The strength characteristics of these materials are identical.

Chipboard or plywood which is better?

Often at the time of purchase the question arises, Which is stronger than plywood or chipboard??

To answer this question you must first decide How does plywood differ from chipboard?

Chipboard is a chipboard, in the production of which the same material is used as in the production of plywood. However, the manufacturing technology is more similar to OSB technology. In this case, the wood is crushed into small particles, mixed with a binder and placed under a hot press. This is exactly how the process of making chipboards occurs.

Advantages of chipboard:

• the homogeneous structure of the chipboard provides it with high fracture strength;
• high heat and sound insulation properties;
• not high cost.

MDF is a compressed medium-density fiberboard. It is made from wood waste (dust).

Advantages of MDF:

• high fracture strength;
• resistance to fungi and other pests;
• long period of operation;
• low cost.

What better than fiberboard or plywood?

Fiberboard - compressed fibreboard high density.

Advantages of fiberboard:

• high strength;
• low cost;
• long service life;
• high thermal insulation rates.

However, despite these indicators, fiberboard has become more widespread not in construction, but in furniture production.

What better than drywall or plywood?

Drywall- a new product that has replaced traditional wood materials. It is essentially plaster of Paris placed between two layers of cardboard.

It is difficult to compare these two materials because they have different compositions and manufacturing technologies. When using them, they are used various instruments. But, for example, in those areas where these materials can be interchangeable, we can talk about comparison.

Advantages of drywall:

• ease;
• low cost;
• ease of use;
• widespread use in interior decoration.

What better than gvl or plywood?

GVL - gypsum fiber sheet. In structure, raw materials and manufacturing technology it is similar to plasterboard. Additionally contains cellulose waste paper, which acts as an amplifier.

Advantages of GVL:

• Possibility of use in rooms with humidity levels up to 70%;
• low heat absorption coefficient;
• high level of sound absorption.

Conclusion

Summarizing the above, we can conclude that the answer to the question Which is better plywood orosb, fibreboard, chipboard, MDF, plasterboard or other material - depends on the scope of its potential application. Depending on the requirements imposed on the material by operating conditions. The size of your budget also influences your choice.

RUB 1,450

700 rub

RUB 2,500

260 rub.

RUB 4,800

RUB 2,300

RUB 1,400

3,000 rub.

RUB 2,590

RUB 2,000 RUB 2,200

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