Experiences with Egger ERGO board (OSB)?

[camelspin]

Hi

Anyone who has used the Egger Ergo Board, 60 cm OSB with tongue and groove?

It seems interesting to me because the boards are smaller = easier to bring onto the construction site. Less heavy lifting. They can be mounted in many ways.

Does anyone have anything to share about what it was like to work with these boards? Has anyone tried mounting them horizontally and continuously, i.e., with the short joints without support from studs? Does it really work to just have a screw through the seam in a vertical installation?

I will put drywall over it, and it's said that you can screw the drywall freely into the OSB regardless of the studs. Has anyone tried it?

The advertisement is undeniably inviting:
https://docplayer.se/14890464-Egger-ergo-board-denna-skiva-later-dig-ta-det-lugnt.html

 

[erikjakan]

They are super convenient!

As a rule, you never screw through the wooden board and the stud; you always want to offset the drywall joint a bit, preferably 25cm.

 

[camelspin]

Hello

Thank you for the response. Have you tested standing installation on cc60? Is a screw through the ship-lap joint enough to secure both OSB boards at the joint on a stud?

 

[erikjakan]

Mostly done with horizontal mounting, not exactly with this sheet but with similar ones in plywood.

I think it will be fine, but I would have done them horizontally, easier to get a good result in my opinion!

 

[camelspin]

Would have preferred to install horizontally but got stuck. It results in a very small strip at the top and a lot of waste, alternatively cutting both at the bottom and top with horizontal installation. Therefore, I am now considering vertical, as it would mean only trimming the short side per panel, and almost no waste. Hence the question of how the forum has experienced vertical installation.

 

[camelspin]

All done. There were no issues with standing, but you need to make sure to hit both the studs and the joint at the same time. Not easy, but it went well. I drove some rows of screws through the drywall, as well as the floor and ceiling rows with longer screws so they would go through the studs because I read on a forum that fastenings solely in OSB can cause cracks over time.

Using 60 OSB is a big advantage if you're a bit weak like me; the boards are heavy, so I wouldn't have managed to install 120 on my own.

A lot of screws are needed. Chipboard screws are hard to drive in - sore shoulders. The drywall screws wear out bits. Why use crosshead screws for drywall?