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2014.
SterlingOSB - perfect as a roofing panel

 

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PR 36290
28 July 2014

SterlingOSB - perfect as a roofing panel

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Pictured is Norbord's Sterling Roofdek

Sterling OSB (oriented strand board) is perfect for roofing projects. Increasingly, builders are substituting plywood for Sterling OSB; it's more cost-effective, environmentally-efficient and highly versatile with many variations depending on the application.

Tough, consistent and great value, Sterling Roofdek (pictured) is a sanded, tongued and grooved board designed specifically for flat roof decking and pitched roof applications. The sanded surface enables excellent adhesion for glues, self-adhesive felts and bitumen and, with the T&G profile of the board preventing the boards moving, the felts will last longer.

SterlingOSB is a multi-layered timber product but one which is very different from plywood. Instead of being made from alternate sheets of veneerplaced at 90 degrees to each other, it is made from layering strands of wood in specific orientations and then bonding the layers with a resin. 

Norbord, one of the world's leading manufacturers of engineered wood-based panels, now produces eight types of Sterling OSB - SterlingOSB2, Sterling OSB3, SterlingOSB T&G, SterlingOSB - Conti, SterlingOSB Roofdek, SterlingOSB Sitecoat and a range of three new SterlingOSB fire solutions. Each has been developed for specific applications.

Each panel is made from forest thinnings that are the by-product when small diameter timber is felled; this give better quality trees space to reach maturity. Being produced in the UK from local, sustainable, FSC-accredited timber and produced to the criteria of the environmental standard ISO 14401, SterlingOSB can be employed with confidence when environmental credentials are demanded.

For further information, call 01786 812 921 or visit websitewww.norbord.co.uk

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With compliments:
Alison Relf
Taylor Alden Ltd

Unit 2, Temple Place
247 The Broadway
London
SW19 1SD
Tel: 020 8543 3866
Email: alison@tayloralden.co.uk