My town is a hub for building materials – at the intersection of two major interstates – distribution centers everywhere…anyway on a truck the other day…
I thought I saw osb subflooring in really long sheets.
Since I joists are manufactured and can be as long as you want (if truckable) why couldn’t sheathing, subfloor etc?
Only builders with forklifts could handle them, but would there be any sense in it?
Can you imagine lining up the t&g on a 4′ x 32′ piece of advantech?
Time savings, stronger floors…
Is there such an animal, and is it a pita, or a time saver?
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Sounds like it could work, but what about expansion. That old 3/4" sub floor was spaced because if it wasn't and got rained on, it expanded and blew the top course of block off the foundation.
I think that there is. But probably not sold for subflooring.
I think that they are used for i-joist and the like.
On some of the home improvement TV shows from time to time they show plans that make those kind of products.
And many of them are made in long sheets and cut on the fly.
I think them there manufactured housing construction folks probably get 'em in long sheets.
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Yeah, it could be for the modular builders - there are a few locally. I'd never want to carry one from the pile. I might be able to make a case for 2' x 32' subflooring, though.
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SIP mfg. uses em.
Make a big oreo cookie with foam then cut to size.
SIP's can come 10 ft wide in some cases. So you need larger panels with no seams
Used for structural insulated panels. Also could be stock for the center of TJI's.