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   blue_eyed_devil | Dec 16, 2004 03:59am | #1

   Plyscore is an old fart term. Only old guys would remember that. Plyscore probably was a brand name. My mentor always called it plyscore.

   It might be called that because the cores are made of ply. I dont' know.

   I know we used to get some awesome 5 ply spruce plywood out of a mill in Canada called Potlach. The stuff was strong and light and I could carry 4 sheets of 1/2"..but I normally only carried three!

   blue

   Warning! Be cautious when taking any framing advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, all of it is considered bottom of the barrel by Gabe. I am not to be counted amongst the worst of the worst. If you want real framing information...don't listen to me..just ask Gabe!

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   bobl | Dec 16, 2004 04:02am | #2

   http://www.ridgefieldsupply.com/plywood.htm
   http://www.wimsattdirect.com/Catalog/Residential%20Roofing/Site%20Map%20Pages/ResRfg-SiteMapGroup15.htm#PLYSCOREbobl Volo, non valeoBaloney detecter

   Edited 12/15/2004 8:06 pm ET by bobl

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   gdavis62 | Dec 16, 2004 04:32am | #3

   Just because some lumber companies' websites are listing some of their rougher products as "plyscore" doesn't mean Blue is flinging BS by calling it an "old fart's term."

   Lumber wholesaling is an old-line business, with lots of old farts in it.  And lots of old fart's terms are still being used.

   Business being what it is today, though, while you might see the term "plyscore" on a sell sheet, like the ones you provided links for, you would never see it in a good specification or purchase order.

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   bobl | Dec 16, 2004 04:37am | #5

   blue's was the last post and I didn't change the to line.
   mearly pointing out the term was still around.
   I don't even know it is really the same stuff as plywood.
   recently learned about solid lumber core ply. something I never knew existed. 

   bobl          Volo, non valeo

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   blue_eyed_devil | Dec 16, 2004 05:14am | #7

   bobl, I didn't take offense. but maybe....I take so much heat around here, I'm immune to offensive remarks. But seriously....I didn't think you were aiming any remarks at me...simply because I wasn't offering any positive knowledge of the facts.

   blueWarning! Be cautious when taking any framing advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, all of it is considered bottom of the barrel by Gabe. I am not to be counted amongst the worst of the worst. If you want real framing information...don't listen to me..just ask Gabe!

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   davidmeiland | Dec 16, 2004 06:51am | #8

   They had it when I was in MI... it was plyscord... not 'score'

   My favorite Califonia yard still sells it.

   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=plyscord

    

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   blue_eyed_devil | Dec 16, 2004 07:18am | #9

   Now theres another mystery....

   Is plyscord different from plyscore?

   I don't know....

   blueWarning! Be cautious when taking any framing advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, all of it is considered bottom of the barrel by Gabe. I am not to be counted amongst the worst of the worst. If you want real framing information...don't listen to me..just ask Gabe!

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   davidmeiland | Dec 16, 2004 07:20am | #10

   I don't think there is any such 'plyscore', it's plyscord and the 'd' is silent, or whatever cunning linguists would call it.

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   bobl | Dec 16, 2004 07:26am | #11

   I didn't expect you to take offense or anything else since nothing remotely like that was in my mind.
   the term intregued me and so I googled.
   since I didn't have anything else to offer except the term is still used I only posted the links.
   Even if I used the term, it would at best show a reginal difference of terminology.
   Like I said in my other post I just recently learned about solid lumber core ply and wondered.
   want to look into the differences sometime. 

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   bobl | Dec 16, 2004 04:19pm | #12

   went to the APA site.
   plyscore was not in their glossary and a site search turned up nothing. 

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   Shep | Dec 16, 2004 04:34am | #4

     My dad called CDX ply, plyscore.

     I really have no idea why.

     I just remember him telling me to go to the lumber yard and get plyscore, not the good stuff, when we were sheathing.

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   blue_eyed_devil | Dec 16, 2004 05:12am | #6

   Shep..now that you mention it...we called the cdx plyscore too. That differentiated is from the t&g 3/4 ply that might be onsite....or the 3/8 exterior ply that we would use for out soffit materials. When the boss said go get some plyscore...we didn't have to ask what he meant...plyscore was plyscore. Deck ply was deckply or 3/4 ply, 3/8 ply was called soffit material.

   In fact, I probably used the term plyscore myself, along with calling it cdx. I've forgotten the term because we haven't had any plscore on the job for about 10 years now.

   Those links that BobL posted still don't explain the term though....maybe it's a APA designation.

   blueWarning! Be cautious when taking any framing advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, all of it is considered bottom of the barrel by Gabe. I am not to be counted amongst the worst of the worst. If you want real framing information...don't listen to me..just ask Gabe!

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   BillHartmann | Dec 16, 2004 07:00pm | #13

   Blue Google found this link, it was dead, but they had a cache of it.House spec's from a builder in CT. With the 860 area code it has to be relatively new." Plyscore sheathing with house wrap, 2x6 exterior framing wall
   3/4 plyscore tongue & groove sub-floor glued and nailed. CDX Plyscore roof"So he used plyscore on both sheathing and T&G material.http://tinyurl.com/6nfsmMy guess is that plyscore was orginally a brandname.And I found this.http://howelumber.com/def.plyscore.htm"Plyscore is simply an older name for plywood. More specifically, plyscore is usually used to describe CDX plywood."

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   Shep | Dec 17, 2004 12:29am | #16

     maybe its just another attempt to confuse the homeowner.

     Ya know, along with all those other technical terms we use, like jack stud and king stud and hip rafter.

     Doctors and lawyers can't be the only ones to confuse their clients with words.

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   MojoMan | Dec 16, 2004 08:40pm | #14

   Ah...nostalgia time! I haven't heard the term "Plyscore" in a long time, but I remember my father using it when I was a little kid back in the early-to-mid 60's on Long Island, NY. And ,yes, if he was still living, he'd be a really old fart.

   Through the fog of time, I think it was probably CDX. I remember him using board sheathing and he was probably thinking this new-fangled "Plyscore" was a whole lot faster. As I recall, I was too young to swing a hammer and I was trying to help nail off what might have been 1x4 subfloor on the diagonal. Pretty slow going!

   Al Mollitor, Sharon MA

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   JohnFinn | Dec 16, 2004 09:00pm | #15

   Rich,

   I've probably heard the term in passing, but never paid much attention to it. I've been in MI for 40 years, so maybe this plyscore jazz goes back to the 50's or 60's, which would predate my construction career. It's probably a trade name along the lines of "visqueen", etc. (seems every poly item was/is referred to as "visqueen").

   Lets call an apple and apple

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   joeh20 | Dec 17, 2004 02:42pm | #17

   I know dad used to call the first generation OSB- Aspenite. I figured they made it from fast growing aspen trees, and you could say Aspenite around here in the early eighties and you'd get OSB, not good OSB but OSB none the less.