18mm Sheathing Softwood Plywood 1220 x 2440 mm
The Sheathing Softwood Plywood 1220 x 2440 mm is a structural-grade sheet material engineered for heavy-duty construction, roofing, flooring, and wall-bracing applications. Designed for professional builders, carpenters, and contractors, it provides a reliable, high-strength panel solution for structural framing and general site work.
Manufactured from multiple veneers of softwood bonded together with exterior-grade synthetic resin under high heat and pressure, this plywood offers exceptional dimensional stability and load-bearing capacity. Its construction allows it to distribute weight effectively across joists and studs while resisting warping, twisting, and splitting under standard building loads and structural stress.
Supplied in standard full-size 1220 x 2440 mm (4x8 ft) panels with varying thickness options, it can be easily cut, drilled, and fixed using standard woodworking tools and mechanical fasteners like screws, nails, or structural adhesives. It serves as an essential, foundational trade consumable for roofing decks, subfloors, hoarding, and temporary site protection.
Key Features
- Light and dimensionally stable
- Strong and rigid
- Can act simultaneously as load-bearing construction and stiffening element
- Easy to machine and fasten using conventional woodworking tools and fasteners
- Can withstand impacts and other forms of bruising
- Environmentally friendly
- Available with square edges and tongue-and-groove profiles
Application
Softwood Plywood has many great uses to offer including; floors, walls and roofs as well as internal vehicle body work, packaging, fencing, hoarding etc. Softwood Plywood can easily be cut to size using either a hand saw or electric saw. It accepts screws and nails well without splitting, wood adhesive can also be used to add extra strength. The face of the Softwood Plywood can be treated with a suitable water proofer where high moisture content may be an issue. Softwood Plywood can also be finished off with paint or varnish to suit the project.
