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GrandpaKip
Feb 17, 2014Explorer II
WoodGlue wrote:
When you're talking about mushy floors, I'd be willing to bet that 99% of those floors affected are using OSB! OSB and Luaun are a set-up for a failing floor.
WoodGlue
I'll take that bet, any amount. Considering how long OSB has been around, my guess would be that the vast majority of floor problems in RVs have occurred to a plywood floor. And still do today. I couldn't begin to count how many plywood roofs, floors, and walls I've repaired due to rot. Way more than OSB. Water is the most destructive force on Earth. There isn't much of any common material that handle being continually wet without losing structural ability.
PS Lauan is a plywood and, when used to its design parameters, is every bit as good as anything else in the same application.
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