FAQs

SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB has been certified by a UKAS-accredited laboratory to meet the Building Regulations Part E, in England, Wales and the Technical Booklet G in Northern Ireland, of 40dB acoustic sound rating. This means the panel can be installed as the internal flooring in single dwellings.

Peel clean panels have a plastic layer applied on the surface of the panel that can be removed while protected panels such as SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB have a permanent high-performance layer (coating, laminate…) that is permanently applied on the surface. In certain conditions (frost, rain…) peel clean panels can be high slip risk surface.

SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB is only manufactured in a grey colour.

To fully benefit from the properties of SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB a specialist construction tape is recommended to seal the joints between panels. Most of these tapes are waterproof high-performance polyethylene-coated cloth tape and should ensure that panel joints are fully sealed.

SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB is available in Tongue and Groove panels only to ensure that the full performance of SMARTPLY OSB panels when used in flooring or decking.

SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB is an OSB/3 panel. OSB/3 products have higher inherent structural properties than the corresponding chipboard panel (P5) and therefore for similar joists spacings in flooring applications OSB/3 panels can be thinner and provide similar structural performance.

SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB has been independently tested for durability performance. Results of standing water tests showed that when subjected to still water for up to 45 days only minor damage with cracking of the coating was observed. When installed as per SMARTPLY recommendations and best practices it is expected that SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB can be exposed for up to 45 days and show only minor and inconsequential deformation of the panel surface.