Plywood: Fact sheet no. 13
In This Series
This fact sheet published by wood for good is an overview of plywood as a construction material.
The sheet details the main two types of plywood and offers details on the thickness and grading types of different plywoods.
Contents:
- Main types of plywood
- Thickness
- Grades
- Plywood for concreting
- Speciality plywoods
- Plywood for packaging
Suggested Reading
Wood used in packaging: The UK mass balance and efficiency in use
This report forms part of the Biffaward Programme on Sustainable Resource Use. The study suggests that nearly 90% of the 1.5 million tonnes of wood that was used in packaging in 2002 was used for the production of pallets. The main receivers of wood packaging were identified as non-timber related...
01/01/2005 | Info from other organisation
The builder's guide to plywood
Using plywood is a good way to help reduce the growth of global warming because wood is a renewable building material; as trees grow, they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, giving out the oxygen we breathe.
The carbon is then stored for the life of the tree and...
01/01/2004 | Info from other organisation
Engineered wood: Fact sheet no. 11
This wood for good fact sheet is an introductory guide to engineered wood.
This sheet briefly explains engineered wood and then discusses the creation process and a number of the benefits of the different types of engineered woods available, included in which are: engineered timber beams (I-beams), heat treated...
01/01/2004 | Info from other organisation