Ok, Whats your own personal idea of a good homestead?

[Swallow]

Doh! By particle board I meant OSB and now I've checked, the roof is made from that as well. Not chipboard.

 

[Joonsy]

Sure I get the difference - I just haven't seen sheds made with chipboard. OSB for sure - but then again I bet there are some cheap sheds out there

Most timber kit house walls are 140mm timbers at 600mm centres, covered with OSB, a layer of Tyvek, then either timber clad on the external skin or a cavity and brick/block/stone on the outside so its not just the cheap stuff that's got OSB on the outside. Between the 140mm timbers they can fit a good amount of insulation, cover it on the inside with a vapour barrier then plasterboard the inside.

Not a fan of it as a roofing material admittedly but I don't have any problems whatsoever with it being used in the way I just described.

yes, my comment was about using it on roofing only, people would use it to be cheap (years ago when i was in the trade) and i got sick and tired of stripping it off roofs and replacing it, it is rubbish for roofs and i refused to use it even when asked to do so, i would turn the job down before using it. in fact i believe it may be against building regulations now but as i have been out of the game for a while i have lost touch with those so can't say for sure. it is rubbish for roofs but may be okay on other applications.