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Design

Curved walls done quickly

Quick Curve Plates

By Justin Fink Issue 186

• Manufactured by Flex-Ability Concepts

• 866-443-3539; www.flexabilityconcepts.com

• Cost: $95 to $120 (24 lin. ft.)

Flexible-steel tracks are a great way to frame curved walls and ceilings. But because the majority of houses still are being framed with wood, Flex-Ability Concepts wanted to find a way to achieve the same results without requiring builders to rely on a different set of tools. Wooden Quick Curve Plates were the answer.

Curvy framing. Pivoting joints allow these layered OSB plates to be set into unique shapes.Krysta S. Doerfler
The flexible plates can be locked together with a nail or staple to hold the curve.Courtesy of Flex-Ability Concepts

These plates are built from three layers of oriented strand board (OSB), cut into 7-in. segments and joined together with wooden dowels to allow each joint to pivot. The plates can be curved to an outside radius of up to 12 in., and transitioning from a straight wall to a curved wall is easy because the plates are 3-1/2 in. wide, just like a normal 2×4. Once the plates have been set to the desired curve, a nail or staple is fired into each segment to lock together and hold the three pivoting layers. The plates are sold in boxes of twelve 2-ft.-long sections, which can be linked together on site with the included wooden dowels.

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