Usually these materials are either plywood or oriented strand board osb and are purchased in 4 by 8 foot sheets.
Plywood floor sheathing thickness.
Glue is sprayed between each layer and the sheet is hot pressed.
7 16 15 32 and 1 2 inch thick panels require.
Avoid using 1 2 inch plywood sheathing for a floor.
The thicknesses are as follows.
Floor panels conforming with this table shall be deemed to meet the design criteria of section 2304 7.
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 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.
Cdx plywood should be a minimum of 7 16 inch thick.
Applicable to grade c c.
Sheathing over supports spaced up to 32 inches o c.
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.
The wider the space between your joists the thicker your material must be as thicker material has a higher span rating.
See doc ps 1 for plywood species groups.
Or for floor sheathing over supports spaced up to 16 inches o c.
Panel selection handling and storage table 2.
Applicable to all grades of sanded exterior type plywood.
This type of plywood won t sag when used on a 12 inches joist structure.
It is rot resistant with knots replaced with football.
Metric equivalents of panel dimensions note.
The required span rating is affected by the spacing on your floor joists.