Plywood or OSB for interior wall?

[Vermilion]

I am going to cover a basement room with only plywood or OSB, but I am having a hard time deciding what to use and how thick the boards should be. It will become a small woodworking shop where I will hang things on the walls like shelves, cabinets, etc. The walls will then only be painted white.

What is best? Plywood or OSB and how thick should the boards be?

 

[Plupp 433451]

Construction plywood? Or maybe it's called byggplyfa...
Reasonably cheap and durable... Easy to fix if you want to paint...
They are usually 8-12mm...

 

[Vermilion]

Construction plywood? Or maybe it's called building plywood...
Reasonably cheap and durable.. Easy to fix if you want to paint..
They are usually 8-12mm..

Are walls that thin good enough for hanging things, wouldn't OSB work just as well then? Do you have any specific reason for preferring plywood? I don't mind, I just want something that holds up well 8mm walls feel very flimsy, can you even lean against them?

 

[Plupp 433451]

I have all the workshop's interior walls with Byggplyfa.. And all the tools hang on these walls..
I also make rabbit cages with these panels..
Interior walls in the house etc.. however, I use 12mm

 

[FredrikR]

I believe the difference in tensile strength between plywood and OSB is negligible.
If it's going to be painted, the plywood probably looks nicest.

 

[Krille-72]

I am going to cover a basement room with only plywood or OSB but am having a hard time deciding what to use and how thick the boards should be. It will become a small woodworking workshop where I will hang things on the walls such as shelves, cabinets, etc. The walls will then be painted white only.

What is best? Plywood or OSB and how thick should the boards be?

If you don't care about the cost, I would go for 15 mm "wet room plyfa". Then you won't have to worry if it holds. Plyfa holds better than OSB in the same thickness. Especially if it's things that are taken down and put back often.

 

[Byggare Bob 1966]

Good question!
Plywood is more expensive, but if you can get cheap plywood, it is definitely much better than OSB board. I sometimes install kitchens and do not want to install kitchens if OSB is intended to be behind the kitchen cabinets, especially the upper cabinets. The difference is maybe 30kr/sqm. A budget option for you could be OSB on the lower part of the wall and plywood on the top. However, the surface won't be quite the same when painting, as OSB has a rough texture and the plywood is completely smooth. =Spend a little extra on plywood and be completely satisfied. OSB is somewhat intended as an alternative behind gypsum in living rooms/bedrooms but maybe not in the TV corner with a large TV on the wall...

 

[MathiasS]

but maybe not in the tv-corner with the big tv on the wall...

This is completely wrong. There is very little difference between plywood and OSB in terms of strength. There is no TV you can buy at elgiganten that cannot be mounted on OSB.

The only thing you need to consider here is how it looks when painted, and if you don't care at all about how it looks, you can use anything.

 

[AXS]

Would choose what fits best with ceiling height and spacing between the beams. And of course, what you can get nearby.

I bought a batch of boards on Blocket, if you can adapt to that, it can be really cheap for a good surface. Furniture plywood for Byggmax price.

 

[Byggare Bob 1966]

People see things differently. Over the years, I have learned to try to do things right the first time = yesterday a 50 inch, the day after tomorrow 75 inch. The world is full of things that should work. Feel free to watch, Big Engineering Mistakes on TV, it's a wonderful program if you ask me

 

[Plupp 433451]

Not much difference between OSB and Byggplyfa, right?
I pay 230 kr for a sheet of plyfa 1200x2500x12 mm.

 

[Rickard.]

Is there much difference between OSB and Byggplyfa?
I pay 230 SEK for a sheet of plyfa 1200x2500x12 mm

Maybe 100 SEK extra per sheet for 12mm plyfa compared to 10-11mm OSB depending on. A rough "guess"

 

[Plupp 433451]

For the small difference, I would have taken the plywood and had beautiful patterns on the walls..

 

[justusandersson]

The difference in strength between OSB and K-plywood is significant. It may vary slightly between different quality classes, but roughly speaking, plywood is twice as strong. This does not exclude the fact that OSB is often strong enough. Personally, I would not use OSB in visible installations unless it was a very simple space.

 

[Rickard.]

For that small difference, I would have taken the plywood and had beautiful patterns on the walls..

I have the recreation room in painted OSB with moldings in the joints and I completely agree. Behind the drywall, I only use OSB except possibly in certain obvious cases. (which I haven't gotten to yet)