A flatter roof with rafters farther apart may need a thickness of up to inch.
Shed roof osb thickness.
Good enough for houses good enough for a shed.
Plywood with similar properties currently costs about 30 more for an equivalent thickness.
Never attach roof sheathing with staples.
8d ring shank nails should be used instead.
When this is the case experts recommend a 5 8 inch thick sheet.
7 16 will be fine for 16 on center and 5 8 for 24 on center rafters.
Osb is fine all the way around.
Keep in mind that the load of the roof still plays a role in the plywood thickness.
Thicknesses range from 5 16 to 3 4 inch and the proper one to use.
The typical thickness range for sheathing is 3 8 to 3 4 inch.
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Sheathing should be a minimum of 19 32 inch thick.
What size plywood for the roof.
The thickness required by josh s circumstances are good for roof snow loads of up to 70 psf again spanning 24.
Using oriented strand board osb for shed walls floors and roofs using oriented strand board is a tested way of reducing costs for building your shed.
Roof sheathing comes in grid marked 4 by 8 foot sheets and should be installed perpendicular to the frame.
Osb comes in 4 by 8 foot sheets as does plywood but the manufacturing process allows the production of longer and wider ones.