Softwood Plywood Full Load Rates
Softwood comes from different species of evergreen conifers such as fir, spruce, fine etc. Plywood manufactured from softwood is a building material utilised in various residential and commercial constructions. Let’s plunge in and understand more about softwood plywood, what is made of, and its uses.
What is Softwood Plywood?
As the name suggests, softwood plywood is plywood that consists of face and back veneer made of softwood. Softwood plywood sheets’ core is made of softwood which is then backed and faced using a veneer of softwood. They are commonly utilised for structural applications.
How is Softwood Plywood made?
The main trees that are used for making softwood plywood include Douglas fir, cedar, pine, fir or redwood. The product is made from thin layers of wood veneer that are glued together. The wood grain of the adjacent layers is rotated up to 90 degrees to each other. Typically, softwood plywood is engineered wood.
Common Uses of Softwood Plywood Sheets
Soft plywood sheets have a myriad of applications. Some of the common applications include:
Exterior Home Sheathing.
Most wall constructions are comprised of a 2-by-4 or 2-by-6 frame with exterior grade sheathing. This kind of wall construction creates a structural sheet that holds the wall well against strong winds and during earthquakes.
Plywood softwood sheets fastened to the top, bottom and stud plates of the frame makes it more robust and resist horizontal, diagonal and vertical shifting.
Home Flooring and Roofing
Plywood panels used on floors are made with tongue and groove edges to fit snuggly into each other. However, those used on the roof doesn’t need tongue and groove edges since they don’t carry a lot of weight on the roof.
Other Construction
Apart from home flooring and roofing, softwood plywood sheets have other applications. Soffits and eaves are covered with softwood plywood. Some softwood plywood is explicitly made to be used as a siding product; a good example is T-111 siding (a grooved siding material manufactured to look like a reverse board). Plywood is also utilised by builders to build concrete forms and temporary flooring, and detached sheds and garages.
General Projects
Apart from the typical home constructions, softwood plywood is also used in a myriad of other projects from doghouses to skateboard ramps. In the workshop, it is utilised in building general-purpose shelving and sawhorses.
Benefits of Softwood Plywood
The primary reasons why you ought to consider using softwood plywood in your project include the following;
- Workability- softwood is effortless to work with and can be utilised across a wide range of home and general applications.
- Sustainability- compared to trees used to make hardwood plywood, softwood trees grow much faster and are therefore considered a renewable source.
- Cost-effective- softwood timber used in manufacturing softwood plywood is easy to obtain and therefore cheaper.
However, softwood plywood has some drawbacks;
- Density– It has a low density which implies it is weak and doesn’t last for long. Luckily we have ‘hard’ softwood options that are strong and durable such as Yew and juniper.
- Longevity– Since it is weak, softwood cannot be used in high traffic areas.
- Fire resistance- softwoods don’t offer high resistance to fire. However, they can be treated to improve their fire resistance score.
Conclusion
There are many reasons why you should choose soft plywood sheets. It all melts down to the nature of the project you are handling.
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Full Load of 12mm ARAUCOPLY Radiata Pine Softwood Plywood CPC 2440mm x 1220mm (1440 Sheets)
Radiata pine is a softwood whose availability and ease of use make it popular for all kinds of construction and decorative uses.
18 PACKS ( 1440 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£32,472.00 £38,966.40 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 12mm Chinese Pinex Poplar Pine Structural Softwood Plywood C+/C CE2+ 2440mm x 1220mm (1350 Sheets)
Softwood shuttering plywood of structural quality. A high-strength board that can be used both indoors and outdoors. Ideal for high load-bearing applications.
18 PACKS ( 1350 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£22,126.50 £26,551.80 Inc VAT Add to cart -
Elliotis Pine Plywood
Full Load of 12mm EKOPINE Structural Pine Plywood C+/C CE2+ 2440mm x 1220mm (1350 Sheets)
Softwood plywood is mainly produced by utilising Elliottis Pine. As general utility plywood, it has many and varied ends uses including site hoarding, flooring, stud walling and packaging to name but a few.
Please note some of the sheets may have a slightly warped or bowed shape.
18 PACKS ( 1350 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£23,091.75 £27,710.10 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 12mm Elliotis Pine Merchant Grade Plywood CE4 2440mm x 1220mm (1350 Sheets)
Merchant Grade Elliotis is a shuttering used for protecting floors or for heavy machinery to drive over them. This plywood is a low grade and will have loads of core gaps, the face/reverse will have loads of knot filler and be un-sanded, and some face veneer is missing. The look of the ply isn’t great. It’s a Non-structural ply and shouldn’t be used for structural purposes. This plywood doesn’t conform to any plywood standard.
18 PACKS ( 1350 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£16,260.75 £19,512.90 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full load of 18mm ARAUCOPLY Radiata Pine Softwood Plywood CPC 2440mm x 1220mm (972 Sheets)
Radiata pine is a softwood whose availability and ease of use make it popular for all kinds of construction and decorative uses.
18 PACKS ( 972 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£30,258.36 £36,310.03 Inc VAT Add to cart -
Softwood Plywood
Full Load of 18mm Elliotis Pine Plywood C+/C CE2+ 2440mm x 1220mm (900 Sheets)
Softwood plywood is mainly produced utilising Elliottis Pine but other species such as Southern Yellow Pine and Spruce are also used depending on the country of manufacture. As general utility plywood it has many and varied ends uses including site hoarding, flooring, stud walling and packaging to name but a few.
Please note some of the sheets may have a slightly warped or bowed shape.
18 PACKS ( 900 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£22,225.50 £26,670.60 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 18mm Elliottis Ekopine CPC CE2+ Plywood 2440mm x 1220mm (900 Sheets)
Softwood plywood is mainly produced utilising Elliottis Pine but other species such as Southern Yellow Pine and Spruce are also used depending on the country of manufacture. As general utility plywood it has many and varied ends uses including site hoarding, flooring, stud walling and packaging to name but a few.
Please note some of the sheets may have a slightly warped or bowed shape.
18 PACKS ( 900 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£20,542.50 £24,651.00 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 24mm Elliotis Pine Plywood C+/C CE2+ 2440mm x 1220mm (684 Sheets)
Softwood plywood is mainly produced utilising Elliottis Pine but other species such as Southern Yellow Pine and Spruce are also used depending on the country of manufacture. As general utility plywood it has many and varied ends uses including site hoarding, flooring, stud walling and packaging to name but a few.
Please note some of the sheets may have a slightly warped or bowed shape.
18 PACKS ( 684 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£26,409.24 £31,691.09 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 25mm ARAUCOPLY Radiata Pine Softwood Plywood CPC 2440mm x 1220mm (702 Sheets)
Radiata pine is a softwood whose availability and ease of use make it popular for all kinds of construction and decorative uses.
18 PACKS ( 702 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£30,810.78 £36,972.94 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 9mm Elliotis Pine Plywood C+/C CE2+ 2440mm x 1220mm (1800 Sheets)
Softwood plywood is mainly produced by utilising Elliottis Pine. As general utility plywood, it has many and varied ends uses including site hoarding, flooring, stud walling and packaging to name but a few.
Please note the majority of the sheets may have a warped or bowed shape.
18 PACKS ( 1800 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£24,453.00 £29,343.60 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 9mm Pine+ FSC® Certified Chinese Structural Plywood 2440mm x 1220mm (1800 Sheets)
Softwood plywood, or shuttering plywood, is a rough grade sheet used as an inexpensive carpentry material. This is well-suited to applications such as roofing, wall construction, or general joinery.
18 PACKS ( 1800 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£23,958.00 £28,749.60 Inc VAT Add to cart -
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Full Load of 18mm Pine+ FSC® Certified Chinese Structural Plywood 2440mm x1220mm (900 Sheets)
Softwood plywood, or shuttering plywood, is a rough grade sheet used as an inexpensive carpentry material. This is well-suited to applications such as roofing, wall construction, or general joinery.
18 PACKS ( 900 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£23,710.50 £28,452.60 Inc VAT Notify when in stock -
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Full Load of 18mm Shuttering Plywood Hoardboard Non Structural 2440mm x 1220mm (900 Sheets)
Non-structural shuttering plywood, also ideal for hoarding, is made from 70% of recycled formwork plywood with a beautiful pine face on each side. One of the best selling boards due to its excellent value for money.
18 PACKS ( 900 SHEETS )
(0 reviews)£18,760.50 £22,512.60 Inc VAT Notify when in stock