Tempered Hardboard Siding

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Tempered hardboard siding.

X 96 in 5 2mm sande plywood 1 4 in. Manufactured by collins a family owned business since 1855 truwood siding and trim is a high quality engineered wood product designed to withstand the test of time. The fibers in hardboard are usually compressed to around 65 pounds per cubic foot. Modern hardboard siding products are far superior to the traditional materials.

Hardboard is a fiberboard like mdf but it is made out of exploded wood fibers. It s made by cooking small wood particles in steam until they break down. Tempered hardboard adds an additional step of coating the hardboard with a thin film of linseed oil and baking the board to give more water and impact resistance hardness rigidity and tensile strength. However there are still some disadvantages to using a wood based siding product.

Some sources say as high as 90 5 lb one of the methods for manufacturing hardboard was patented by william h. Tempered hardboard is sturdier than other hardboard meaning it s more rigid and yet bendable with greater surface hardness and tensile strength. Tempered hardboard is used almost exclusively in construction siding. Hardboard tempered panel common.

It is also more water resistant than untempered hardboard and holds up better under extreme heat and weather conditions making it the preferred choice for outdoor or exterior use such as construction siding. Overview this is a premium hardboard with high internal bond exceptional stability and smoothness ideal for paneling furniture fixtures toys general manufacturing and applications where painting or die cutting is required. X 96 in 1 4 in. Purebond birch plywood fsc certified price.

It s then pressed into sheets with hydraulic presses while. Hardboard is a tough smooth panel made with wood fibers compressed under high pressure and heat we carry different thicknesses in both standard grade and tempered grade. Tempered grade hardboard is impregnated under heat with linseed oil making it. X 95 7 in 9 16.

With a legacy of excellence and products engineered to endure truwood leads the way in beautiful sustainable durable trim and siding. Standard grade hardboard is a medium brown panel smooth one side with a rough crosshatch pattern on the other. Tempered hardboard is the hardest of all the hardboard products.