Data
New Construction

Sheathing - Walls

These reports show market demand data for residential new home building products, average per-home purchase data, market size, and a five-year forecast for the new residential construction industry. The Sheathing for Walls report contains a summary of purchase volume in square feet for a variety of materials used in wall sheathing including plywood, OSB, extruded foam, expanded foam, and polyisocyanurate foam in each State, Metro Area, and County. Market data are also reported separately for Single-Family Detached homes and Multifamily. Product categories reported include:

WALL SHEATHING (Square Feet)

  • None (SIPs or other)
  • Plywood – 3/8 inch
  • Plywood – 1/2 inch
  • Plywood – 5/8 inch
  • Plywood – 3/4 inch
  • Subtotal – Plywood
  • OSB – 3/8 inch
  • OSB – 7/16 or 15/32 inch
  • OSB – 1/2 inch
  • OSB – 5/8 or 19/32 inch
  • OSB – 3/4 inch
  • OSB – ZIP System
  • OSB – ForceField (GP)
  • Subtotal – OSB
  • 1/2 inch fiberboard
  • Gypsum
  • 1/8 inch foil faced (Thermo-ply)
  • Styrofoam SIS
  • Extruded foam 1/2 inch
  • Extruded foam 3/4 inch
  • Extruded foam 1 inch
  • Extruded foam 1-1/2 inch
  • Extruded foam 2 inch
  • Subtotal – XPS
  • Expanded foam 1/2 inch
  • Expanded foam 3/4 inch
  • Expanded foam 1 inch
  • Expanded foam 1-1/2 inch
  • Expanded foam 2 inch
  • Subtotal – EPS
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 1/2 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 3/4 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 1 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 1-1/2 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 2 inch
  • Subtotal – ISO
  • Other
  

TWO LAYERS OF WALL SHEATHING: ONE FOAM AND ONE STRUCTURAL (Homes)

  • With two layers of sheathing
  • With one layer of sheathing

SECOND LAYER FOAM WALL SHEATHING (Square Feet)

  • Extruded foam 1/2 inch
  • Extruded foam 3/4 inch
  • Extruded foam 1 inch
  • Extruded foam 1-1/2 inch
  • Extruded foam 2 inch
  • Subtotal – XPS
  • Expanded foam 1/2 inch
  • Expanded foam 3/4 inch
  • Expanded foam 1 inch
  • Expanded foam 1-1/2 inch
  • Expanded foam 2 inch
  • Subtotal – EPS
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 1/2 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 3/4 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 1 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 1-1/2 inch
  • Polyisocyanurate foam 2 inch
  • Subtotal – ISO

HOMES FULLY SHEATED W/ PLYWOOD / OSB

WALL SHEATHING ON 3/8 INCH BASIS (Square Feet)

  • Plywood
  • OSB
  • Extruded polystyrene foam
  • Expanded polystyrene foam
  • Polyisocyanurate foam

SIZE OF EXTERIOR WALL SHEATHING PANEL (Square Feet)

  • 4' x 8'
  • 4' x 9'
  • 4' x 10'
  • Other
  • Not sure