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Some of the Best Uses of Plywood in Today’s Time
by Amisha Lohan BloggerWhen you imagine a well-furnished home, what picture comes to your mind?
You would say a home with beautiful and well-designed space and a definite
architecture. There must be different rooms, all of them with elegant looking
furniture with a smooth and shiny finish.
When you hear the term “well-furnished”, woodwork is what strikes your
mind. But have you ever thought, what material provides that smooth and glossy
finish on the woodwork?
That’s where plywood comes in. Plywood is a wooden material that is a
bundle of wood veneers glued together with some adhesive. But plywood is not
limited to providing your furniture with a classy look. It has got many more
applications, some of them surprisingly you might have never heard or imagined
of. That’s how wide its application and usage is.
Now, you might be wondering how plywood is so efficient that it finds
such a wide range of applications. So, let’s discuss its properties in brief.
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Plywood has got immense
strength.
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It is a stable building
material.
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Its resistance to mechanical
and environmental factors is very high.
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It's also resistant to
water, fire and harmful chemicals.
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It can be used to design a
variety of furniture owing to its flexible nature.
● It provides thermal as well as sound insulation.
Given above are a few general characteristics of plywood. While going
through its uses, you’ll become more aware of its widespread use.
Given below are some of the
most common uses of plywood.
- Interior designing
Interior designing is the majority explanation when we discuss ‘uses of
plywood’. It covers the entire spectrum ranging from woodwork to decoration,
from making it functional to making it pleasing to the eyes. Starting with woodwork, the ‘wooden look’ as we call
it, is a covering of glossy plywood on the furniture. It not only adds strength
but also makes it look clean and attractive at the same time. The decorative
part, DIY projects are best made with the help of plywood. Not to forget, it is
said that plywood is an interior designer’s best friend and who would not like
to have a best friend’s company at work? Hence, plywood is demanded and used
extensively for interior designing.
- Construction industry
Plywood is used extensively in the construction industry also, owing to
it’s lightweight property making it handy and providing a sturdy look at the
same time. Builders and architects use a lot of plywood in their work as it is
the most affordable option with multiple functions. Plywood also comes in various
types according to its use giving more room to innovation and experimentation
satisfying the creative minds of architects and designers.
- Roofing and flooring
Hardwood plywood is used for roofing and flooring in houses and
multiplex buildings. Hardwood is very strong, durable and resistant to a lot of
causative agents that can act as boulders in the path of innovation. It is fire
and moisture resistant, plus it comes with so much variety that it becomes
difficult to pick a favourite. Thus, roofing and flooring are easily done by
plywood. It is also used in sheath roofs and subflooring. Plywood can bear
heavy weights easily, thus making it an efficient option to build roofs and
floors.
- Exterior wall
sheathing
Plywood’s resistant, stable and strong nature, is used as a sheath over
the wall surface to protect it from all the stresses, be it environmental,
mechanical or chemical. Plywood also acts as an insulating agent for heat and
sound, which finds it another use for making soundproof rooms and cabins in multinational
companies. It makes the wall absolutely stable so that it can stand against
natural calamities like earthquakes. Plywood finds extensive use in other
general projects , like making
blockboard sheets for schools and institutions.
- Interior wall sheathing
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