Exterior Wall Sheathing Calculator

Estimate the number of sheets needed for sheathing a wall or floor with plywood or osb.

Exterior wall sheathing calculator.

This includes both labor at roughly 700 and materials at roughly 300. The building estimator s reference book mar 2012 home improvement 1 2 3. Use the home depot app to locate products and check inventory. In exterior walls add insulating sheathing to achieve a greater r value in your wall system.

To calculate the number of sheaths needed to cover a wall you need to know the wall s square footage. Sometimes you will end up with leftovers that are too small to use and you may need additional sheathing material. View more benefits view less benefits zip system building enclosures are designed to streamline design and construction. A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2.

Department of housing and urban development office of policy development and research mar 2011 editorial staff. For wall assemblies with foam plastic sheathing on the exterior side and gypsum wall board gypsum panel product or equivalent on the interior side of the wall the vinyl siding s design wind pressure rating shall be multiplied by 0 39. Zip system wall sheathing and tape has been rated 1 in quality every year since 2015 in builder magazine s annual brand use studies. Number of sheets needed based on 4 x 8 sheet size.

Calculate sheathing needed once you have the area you can divide by the area of a sheet of plywood to find the number of sheets needed. This calculator assumes that the wall being built is. The number of sheaths needed is based on square footage of the area and the square footage of one sheath of plywood. A single story exterior wall.

The hud path rehab guide volume 2. Installation cost roughly 1 000 when complete. Square footage of a wall divided by the square footage of the sheathing one 4 x 8 sheath 32 sq ft equals the number of sheath s needed. This framing calculator will calculate the minimum number of studs top and bottom plates and sheets of plywood needed to build a stick framed wall.

Our building products are designed to be strong durable and sustainable. If you have a small opening in your wall then ignore that. Gypsum exterior wall sheathing costs the costs of installing gypsum sheathing is around 2 a square foot installed which makes a 500 sq ft. Ready to find the supplies you need in your local store.