Plywood and particle board have long been used for structural and non-structural parts, as well as cores for composite and molded parts. Unfortunately, both materials are prone to warping and rotting.

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on Central Florida, people would be wise to heed emergency-management warnings to prepare their homes, especially windows. Plywood is the cheapest way to shield windows ...

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Vacant and abandoned properties are getting a new look in Ohio starting Tuesday. It's now illegal to board up the windows and doors with plywood. "Plywood has just been around ...

To install cement board over plywood, first ensure the plywood surface is clean, dry, and level. Measure and cut the cement board to fit the area, then spread a thin layer of thinset mortar onto the ...

If any single material gained a certain newfound ubiquity in New York City and countless other American cities and towns over the past year, it has been humble and readily available plywood. Used to ...

In November, Fannie Mae announced that mortgage servicers would be not only allowed but reimbursed to use clear boarding instead of plywood when securing houses that were in pre-foreclosure. That ...

Leesa Kelly has collected more than 700 plywood boards from protests and boarded buildings from the summer of 2020. They represent preservation of the demonstrations as well as the trauma of it all.

During the George Floyd marches last year, businesses boarded up. This year, hundreds of those boards will be displayed in exhibitions in Minneapolis, New York and Chicago. Tanda Francis in her studio ...

When the Black Lives Matter protests swept across New York City in June last year, businesses across the city shuttered their storefronts with plywood to brace for the civil unrest. The city “felt ...