Creating a form for pouring a concrete path!

[Chameleonclaude]

Hello, I want to pour a path and have previously used 12mm ply with timber steaks used every 30cm.

Due to cost I want to know if anyone has used a cheaper material like OSB?

Love to hear

 

[EddieM]

Well at least your timber steaks were cheaper than fillet steaks

 

[Burnerman]

12mm is too thin.....consider shuttering ply and stake it well!
John

 

[r896neo]

Anything will do as long as its stiff enough. If its only for a path i'm assuming its 100mm and its not like your going to be putting a vibrating poker in it.

12mm is fine as long as you stake it well.

Longer lengths are easier obviously as they need less staking and lining up.

3 x 4.8m lengths of 4x1'' timber will be similar price to a board of osb? and easier to work with as its one single piece.

of course if its a large area then one sheet could be ripped into 12 100mm x 2.4m lengths

OSB will give a rough finish to the side of the path but that doesn't matter if your margin trowelling it, which you should do!!