Cdx plywood should be a minimum of 7 16 inch thick.
Plywood floor sheathing thickness.
The thicknesses are as follows.
The minimum thickness you need for standard 16 inch on centers joists is 5 8 inches but 3 4 inch plywood makes a more stable floor and is a.
Metric equivalents of panel dimensions note.
Page 3 of 7 v1 0 01 2008 table b relationship between span rating and nominal thickness for plywood a nominal thickness b in span rating 3 8 7 16 15 32 1 2 19 32 5 8 23 32 3 4 7 8 1 1 1 8 sheathing span 24 0 0 375 0 437 0 469 0 500.
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Plywood sheathing thickness jerry liebler posted in building code questions on june 6 2012 09 12am for a single floor residence is nominal 3 8 plywood acceptable sheathing on 10 foot tall walls built with 24 oc advanced framing.
The wider the space between your joists the thicker your material must be as thicker material has a higher span rating.
This type of plywood won t sag when used on a 12 inches joist structure.
The required span rating is affected by the spacing on your floor joists.
See doc ps 1 for plywood species groups.
Usually these materials are either plywood or oriented strand board osb and are purchased in 4 by 8 foot sheets.
It is rot resistant with knots replaced with football.
Or for floor sheathing over supports spaced up to 16 inches o c.
Applicable to all grades of sanded exterior type plywood.
Sheathing over supports spaced up to 32 inches o c.
The recommended shed floor plywood thickness is 3 4 inch pressure treated exterior grade cdx plywood.
Glue is sprayed between each layer and the sheet is hot pressed.
7 16 15 32 and 1 2 inch thick panels require.
Two sheets of 3 4 inch exterior grade plywood is the minimum accepted thickness for natural stone installations and if the stone is particularly heavy you may need to use floor joists that are 12 inches on center rather than the traditional 16.
Floor panels conforming with this table shall be deemed to meet the design criteria of section 2304 7.