I am a rep for Karsten. We offer OSB and Plywood as well as D3 Floor Decking.
Your the buyer. You choose what you want. It's all about you!
3/4 OSB Tongue and Groove vers Cresdeck
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mex tex
Re: 3/4 OSB Tongue and Groove vers Cresdeck
Karsten is the best you can find don't let the flooring scare you away come tour the plant in Breckenridge for yourself. We have nothing to hide.
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mex tex
Re: 3/4 OSB Tongue and Groove vers Cresdeck
cresdeck and novadeck come in a larger sheet that would be hard to handle outside a manufacturing environment 8'x15'
if site builders could cut corners they would
price is the issue, if you want plywood or OSB go for it
it is on the option sheet
if site builders could cut corners they would
price is the issue, if you want plywood or OSB go for it
it is on the option sheet
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Kelley
Re: 3/4 OSB Tongue and Groove vers Cresdeck
This debate over plywood vs osb vs novadeck (cressdeck) has me tired.
I have been in the business for 10 years. I handle repo homes that have to be resold. I have seen damage of all types from homes exposed to the elements to homes ruined on purpose because they were being reposessed.
Plywood lifts and comes apart when wet, in fact it bubbles/buckles when exposed to alot of water such as a home owner leaving the water running in the kitchen sink on purpose when the vacate during a repo/forclosure. I have seen this in bathrooms as well. PLYWOOD is not immune to water.
NovaDeck and Cressdeck are not your daddy's pressboard. There is a difference between the flooring used now as opposed to fifteen years ago. It used to be a processed wood product created with non-marine glues. I can't remenber the name of it exactly, something like 'homosote". The newer decking is made using Marine glues and is less likely to absorb water. In fact as a demo at the sales center that I manage we put a hunk of floor decking (NovaDeck) in a rain barrel and leave it for weeks. It does not absorb the water due to the Marine glues.
The plywood does absorb water after a few weeks, though. Don't take my word for it. Try it yourself.
Lots of folks refused to give up the horse and buggy for the newfangled tin lizzies. Times change. As a homeowner you have choices. If you want plywood, then upgrade. But as someone who has been in the business for a long time, I would go with the NovaDeck over anything. And, FYI some site builders do use the NovaDeck and CressDeck.
Just my two cents.
Kelley
I have been in the business for 10 years. I handle repo homes that have to be resold. I have seen damage of all types from homes exposed to the elements to homes ruined on purpose because they were being reposessed.
Plywood lifts and comes apart when wet, in fact it bubbles/buckles when exposed to alot of water such as a home owner leaving the water running in the kitchen sink on purpose when the vacate during a repo/forclosure. I have seen this in bathrooms as well. PLYWOOD is not immune to water.
NovaDeck and Cressdeck are not your daddy's pressboard. There is a difference between the flooring used now as opposed to fifteen years ago. It used to be a processed wood product created with non-marine glues. I can't remenber the name of it exactly, something like 'homosote". The newer decking is made using Marine glues and is less likely to absorb water. In fact as a demo at the sales center that I manage we put a hunk of floor decking (NovaDeck) in a rain barrel and leave it for weeks. It does not absorb the water due to the Marine glues.
The plywood does absorb water after a few weeks, though. Don't take my word for it. Try it yourself.
Lots of folks refused to give up the horse and buggy for the newfangled tin lizzies. Times change. As a homeowner you have choices. If you want plywood, then upgrade. But as someone who has been in the business for a long time, I would go with the NovaDeck over anything. And, FYI some site builders do use the NovaDeck and CressDeck.
Just my two cents.
Kelley
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