Fibreboard and stucco claddings (used heavily in the 1940s to 1960s) also received proportionally more damage compared to brick or concrete block properties.
Some types of exterior sheathing, such as asphalt-impregnated fibreboard, plywood, oriented strand board and waferboard, will provide adequate bracing to resist lateral loads and keep the wall square.
Since the visible layer is applied to composite engineered wood products like plywood and high density fibreboard, they take considerable pressure off over-harvested forests.
The timber is not used where strength is required in the construction industry, but is used for paper-making, the manufacture of fibreboard and the production of energy.
