Osb Or Plywood For Garage Shelves

Osb is now used for about 70 percent of all floor wall and roof sheathing in north america.

Osb or plywood for garage shelves.

Osb has a smoother and more consistent finished surface and a painted osb wall will have a smoother look than a painted plywood wall. Have built many garage shelves and plywood is my standard. Plywood is more moisture resistant than osb and can be a better choice if you live in a humid climate or if your garage is underground and prone to retain moisture and humidity. Another diy community member posted asking about the type of wood that should be used for a pdf plan s shelves osb mdf or ply.

Mdf for sure no. Paints up easier and nicer. Building codes the engineered wood association architects and most builders rate plywood and oriented strand board obs sheathing equal in strength and durability. We ripped plywood into 15 3 4 strips so it would fit easily inside the shelves and also accounts for the saw blade width and layed the plywood on the shelving.

While osb will work ok the one thing to consider is painting. Garage storage and shelving solutions are abundant but the prices can be shocking. We use 1 2 plywood for the 16 width shelving perhaps go up to 5 8 or 3 4 if you do 24 wide shelving or have especially heavy loads destined for these shelves. If you plan on painting the shelving then i would go with plywood.

Osb is less expensive than plywood. Building shelving in my garage osb mdf or ply for the shelves.