Plywood and concrete plywood are commonly used materials in the construction industry. Solid John did more than 2 years of research on plywood in damp conditions. Less than 10 percent of craftsmen in Belgium know the difference.
We start with plywood, the more common of the 2. "Plex" refers to veneer (a layer of wood several mm thick) and "multi" refers to "several." So plywood means "several veneers on top of each other." The layers are glued together.
Plywood has been used for centuries in the furniture, interior design and construction industries, among others. A variant of plywood was developed specifically for concrete formwork. The introduction of the term "concrete plywood" was a fact.
Concrete plywood focuses on a smooth top layer where plywood bets on 2 cover veneers with a decorative quality. This sums up the difference between plywood and concrete plywood: same core, different top layers.
Common wood species such as birch, poplar and eucalyptus are available in both plywood and concrete plywood versions. The real quality of a panel is determined by its core. A weak core cannot be compensated for by the top layer, either in plywood or concrete plywood.
Plywood and concrete plywood may be seen as twins, they are extremely similar but each has a different haircut.
