PLYWOOD / FORMPLY
A structural panel made up of veneer layers glued under heat and pressure, with the grain direction of each adjoining layer being set at right angles to one another.
Plywood has good dimensional stability and a high resistance to racking forces. It has a high shear strength and is very resistant to splitting. Plywood may be sawn, nailed, and glued like solid wood.
Plywood use as a structural panel in residential construction has increased as houses have become larger and the population of Canada and the US has grown. In a typical residential house in North America plywood has been used as exterior wall and roof sheathing, sheathing for interior walls, subfloors, and exterior panels. In both residential and non-residential construction plywood has been used for concrete forming. It has also been used extensively in cabinets, shelving, and furniture. Current production in Canada is used in specialty markets such as concrete forms (high strength plywood with high or medium-density overlays), transport decking, stressed skin panels, and furniture parts.
At Elvo Building Supply we supply the following items:
- Dimensions: 4’x8’, 5’x5’, 3’x6’, 4’x7’,5’x10’
- Thickness: 12mm, 15mm and 18mm
- Specie: Poplar, Meranti, Okoume, Birch
- Glue: MR, MLM, WBP.
- Grade: BB/CC
- Face and Core material can be specified e.g. Full Poplar face/back/core, Okoume face/back with Poplar core etc.
- Brown film face Concrete forming plywood available (form-ply)
