Roof sheathing comes in grid marked 4 by 8 foot sheets and should be installed perpendicular to the frame.
Roof sheathing thickness 16 oc.
For rafters or 16 in.
We re in dallas so we don t engineer for tremendous live loads for an asphalt shingle and we feel comfortable with 16 oc rafter spacing and 7 16 osb decking.
Never attach roof sheathing with staples.
What about the roof sheathing at 24 in.
1 inch 25 4 mm.
The typical thickness range for sheathing is 3 8 to 3 4 inch.
For subfloors zip s 1 2 in.
The thickness required by josh s circumstances are good for roof snow loads of up to 70 psf again spanning 24.
Currently we space rafters 16 oc and use 7 16 osb with h clips.
Huber s zip system sheathing which we are using on the fhb house has a span rating of 24 16 for 7 16 in.
Panels are rated 32 16.
Roof sheathing shall be structural wood panels plywood osb with a minimum five eighths inch thickness grade stamped for use and span.
8d ring shank nails should be used instead.
Secure roof sheathing panels to the roof framing with 8d common nails spaced six inches on center at the edges and twelve inches on center at intermediate supports.
For rafters spaced 20 or more inches apart 1 2 or 5 8 inch plywood is recommended.
Installation details shall conform to sections 2304 7 1 and 2304 7 2 for floor and roof sheathing respectively.
The most common rafter spacing is 24 inches and 5 8 inch plywood is recommended for that.
I m contemplating upgrading to 1 2 or even 5 8 osb though to reduce roof sag hopefully to nil.
Floor or roof sheathing conforming with this table shall be deemed to meet the design criteria of section 2304 7.