OSB is the stronger panel. It is made and stamped as a structural sheet for subfloors, roof decking, wall sheathing and shed floors. Particle board is a non-structural panel for dry indoor work like cabinet boxes, shelving cores and countertop substrate, where a smooth, flat face matters more than strength. Below you’ll find a side-by-side chart, … Read more
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. For most unfinished basements with open joists, the cheapest permanent light is a porcelain keyless lampholder on an electrical box with an LED bulb. For a workbench or laundry area, a hardwired … Read more
Store-bought floating desks list weight capacities between 11 and 100 pounds in their retail listings. A DIY floating desk on steel brackets screwed into studs can use brackets rated far higher, from 200 pounds per bracket to 1,700 pounds per pair. But no single number on a box tells you what your installed desk can … Read more
Affiliate disclosure: ThePlywood.com is reader-supported. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. At IKEA’s rated load of 66 lb per shelf, a 3/4-inch plywood shelf is predicted to sag about one-fifth to one-third as much as a 3/4-inch particleboard shelf of the same size. On cost, the … Read more
The best plywood thickness for garage shelves is 3/4 inch, with supports about 30 inches apart if the shelf has no reinforcement. Go wider than that, especially to the 36- to 48-inch gaps common between garage uprights, and a front edge strip becomes the difference between a flat shelf and a bowed one. Below are … Read more