OSB Wall Layout- calling construction guys

[kyles974]

Alright you construction guys, I've got a dumb question.
This may be a "preference" but I'm not sure?

I have a little over 9 foot side walls. When I put up my 4x8 sheets of OSB board,

do I #1: put up 4ft wide, 8ft tall and then put up a cut sheet on top?

.....or #2: do I put up the cut up sheet(on bottom) and then the whole sheet?

I'm thinking #2 because I will have benches hiding alot of the bottom few ft. but again, I'm not sure? What is more commen?

Thanks

 

[Foxxtrot]

Primarily a preference thing. IF you can hide most of the cuts on the bottom, put your small sheet down there. I would put it 8' wide, 4' high though. That would give you a 1' high strip at the bottom, and 2 sheets 4' high above that.

 

[kyles974]

Primarily a preference thing. IF you can hide most of the cuts on the bottom, put your small sheet down there. I would put it 8' wide, 4' high though. That would give you a 1' high strip at the bottom, and 2 sheets 4' high above that.

Ya, I thought of that too, but for some reason I like vertical look better.(lines)

 

[bczygan]

Personally I would run three rows horizontally. Full width sheets top and bottom and a 1' filler in the middle. The 1' strip can be your color accent, a removable cover for a chase for electrical, air and plumbing and a good place for surface mounted things. Horizontal is stronger too, especially if the outside sheathing is vertical (Stagger the vertical joints).

 

[kyles974]

Personally I would run three rows horizontally. Full width sheets top and bottom and a 1' filler in the middle. The 1' strip can be your color accent, a removable cover for a chase for electrical, air and plumbing and a good place for surface mounted things. Horizontal is stronger too, especially if the outside sheathing is vertical.

Ah, good pionts!

I like the idea of the color accent, I would have never thought of doing it that way, thanks

 

[EddieLT]

If it were me, I would order up 4 x 9 sheets from a lumberyard, and run them tight up against the lid. Cover up the gap at the bottom with your choice of base material. Much cleaner, imho.

 

[Ron Lombardo]

The correct way is to run the sheets horizontal staggering the sheets so the vertical joints alternate .... and since you have 9' I would start the first sheet on the bottom starting at the floor line and add a 1' strip along the bottom to cover the rim joist... and leave a 1/2 space ...this allows for expansion with out buckling the sheets.

Ron

 

[ThePress]

I buy 4' by 9' OSB all the time...we use it to when we are framing the exterior of a house....when we frame an 8 foot wall (which is framed at 97" tall) we let the sheet hang down 11" below the bottom plate so that it covers the floor joists also and the exterior of the house is all sheeted in one shot.

 

[paullie]

do it how ever ya want, if a few years (if your like the rest of us) you won't have a bare wall space cause you'll have **** hung up there and it wont matter whats under it anyway

 

[Shocker]

I have 10ft walls. I did 2 sheets of OSB run horizontally. For the top 2 feet I used 26"x12' corrugated plastic roofing material.

It overhangs the OSB, is white, light and looks cool. Give the wall some character.