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Sheets of ply

  • 31-10-2011 9:13pm
    #1
    jayboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 752 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone have an idea how much Id be looking at for 2 or 3 sheets of ply,
    either 3/4 or 4 inch thick and of decent quality.
    Cheers


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  • #2
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    8x4x3/4 wbp ply is about €30 per sheet


  • #3
    scwazrh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,810 ✭✭✭scwazrh


    Www.Build4less.ie

    No connection but they are handy for getting an online price for building materials


  • #4
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    just be careful re quality when u get a price, there is a lot of ccs ply around that is brutal quality: u can tell by looking at the edges, there should be no waves in the flatness and fully filled layers.

    u cant rely on the stamp on each sheet as there is plenty counterfeit stuff around


  • #5
    sligono1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭sligono1


    ring round your local builder providers they will set you right,dont price in any of these diy places they will rip you off.

    like evrything price depends on quality and there are diffrent grades of ply,


  • #6
    jayboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 752 ✭✭✭jayboi


    Cheers lads!

    Also while it think of it which would be the strongest as to not bend (using one sheet as a table table) or would I be better to screw it to some 4x2


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  • #7
    Buataisi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Buataisi


    1/2 inch ply with a bit of 2x1 underneath works fairly well, but for heavy duty you could go 3/4 with 4x2 underneath and it would hold half the hurling team.


  • #8
    sligono1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭sligono1


    no! go 3/4 would not be a big fan of 1/2 inch and thats from my experience of working with the stuff


  • #9
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    18mm 8 x 4 ply sheets are around 25 euro a sheet.


  • #10
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    Go for shuttering ply - best value of the lot imo, €18 for an 18mm sheet. There is some seriously dodgy ply from the Far East around which delaminates in no time at all, it's sold as wbp but won't stand up to someone breathing on it. It seems they've cut corners with the glue in the laminating process or the glue doesn't adhere to that strange pink timber in the outer lamination.


  • #11
    jayboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 752 ✭✭✭jayboi


    Went for shuttering ply in the end €20 euro,
    when I was there, there was a hardwood ply for €25 forgot to get price on the marine ply.

    Any downsides to suttering ply does anyone know?


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  • #12
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    jayboi wrote: »
    Went for shuttering ply in the end €20 euro,
    when I was there, there was a hardwood ply for €25 forgot to get price on the marine ply.

    Any downsides to suttering ply does anyone know?
    Just the quality of the faces - you can get knotty voids which either have been filled poorly or you might need to fill yourself if you need to get a uniform finish.


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