We’ll show you the step-by-step process to achieve a perfectly flat and level underlayment that’s smooth as glass. Any time ...

As a builder and flooring installer, I’ve learned the benefits of oriented strand board (OSB) and have often used it as a cost-effective alternative to plywood for sheathing and subfloors. The ...

Plywood used to be king for wall sheathing and flooring material, but oriented strand board (OSB), introduced in the late 70s, is now the most popular. But both have their advantages and disadvantages ...

Are you planning to replace your old floors? Or are you about to install flooring in a newly-built home? In either case, when you look at the expense of your floor material and installation, you may ...

Question: We are building a new home and it's visually important that the five-inch wide engineered hardwood flooring run parallel to the 19.2-inch on centre, spaced wood web-engineered truss floor ...

Q:I am strengthening my house in the crawl space by putting oriented strand board (OSB) shear panels on the cripple wall from the mudsill to the floor joists. I am wondering if the same application ...

Dear James: There quite a few projects I need to do around my house. How do I decide when and where to use particleboard, plywood or oriented strand board? - Rich J. Dear Rich: You must have visited ...

Q. I'm carving out a small space in my garage attic to transform it into a man cave. The walls and ceiling in the attic are already dry-walled. I have to get electric cables into the new partition ...

I’m having a new house built and it’s been raining for a week. The roof is partially framed and every piece of lumber and all the flat OSB is soaked. My builder says this is normal and I still get my ...