Plywood Sheet Sizes
The standard size of a plywood sheet is 4 × 8 ft: 4 by 8 in inches is 48 × 96 in (1219 × 2438 mm). Other common plywood sizes are 4 × 10 ft, 5 × 5 ft for Baltic birch, and 2440 × 1220 or 2500 × 1250 mm in metric countries. The chart below gives each size in feet, inches and millimetres with the area of one sheet.
Standard plywood sheet sizes chart
| Sheet | Inches | Millimetres | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 8 ft (standard) | 48 × 96 in | 1219 × 2438 mm | 2.97 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| 4 × 10 ft | 48 × 120 in | 1219 × 3048 mm | 3.72 m² · 40.0 sq ft |
| 4 × 4 ft (half sheet) | 48 × 48 in | 1219 × 1219 mm | 1.49 m² · 16.0 sq ft |
| 2 × 4 ft (project panel) | 24 × 48 in | 610 × 1219 mm | 0.74 m² · 8.0 sq ft |
| 5 × 5 ft (Baltic birch) | 60 × 60 in | 1524 × 1524 mm | 2.32 m² · 25.0 sq ft |
| 2440 × 1220 mm (metric 8 × 4) | 96 1/16 × 48 1/32 in | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| 2500 × 1250 mm (Europe) | 98 7/16 × 49 3/16 in | 2500 × 1250 mm | 3.13 m² · 33.6 sq ft |
Plywood thickness is a separate question: “3/4 in” plywood is usually 23/32 in thick. See the plywood thickness chart.
Why 4 × 8?
Walls, floors and roofs in North America are framed at 16 or 24 in centres, and 48 and 96 in are multiples of both, so a 4 × 8 sheet always lands on a stud or joist. Furniture makers inherited the size: plan your parts so that their lengths fit 96 in (or 2440 mm) minus the saw kerf and edge trim.
Sheet sizes of other boards
| Material | Size | Area |
|---|---|---|
| MDF | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| MDF | 2800 × 2070 mm | 5.80 m² · 62.4 sq ft |
| MDF | 3050 × 1220 mm | 3.72 m² · 40.1 sq ft |
| MDF | 4×8 ft (2438 × 1219 mm) | 2.97 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| MDF | 2800 × 1220 mm | 3.42 m² · 36.8 sq ft |
| Melamine board | 2800 × 2070 mm | 5.80 m² · 62.4 sq ft |
| Melamine board | 2750 × 1830 mm | 5.03 m² · 54.2 sq ft |
| Melamine board | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Melamine board | 4×8 ft (2438 × 1219 mm) | 2.97 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Particleboard | 2800 × 2070 mm | 5.80 m² · 62.4 sq ft |
| Particleboard | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Hardboard and HDF | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Hardboard and HDF | 2800 × 2070 mm | 5.80 m² · 62.4 sq ft |
| Hardboard and HDF | 4×8 ft (2438 × 1219 mm) | 2.97 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Hardboard and HDF | 2×4 ft (1219 × 610 mm) | 0.74 m² · 8.0 sq ft |
| OSB | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| OSB | 2500 × 1250 mm | 3.13 m² · 33.6 sq ft |
| OSB | 4×8 ft (2438 × 1219 mm) | 2.97 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Blockboard and solid wood panels | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |
| Blockboard and solid wood panels | 2500 × 1830 mm | 4.58 m² · 49.2 sq ft |
| Blockboard and solid wood panels | 2000 × 600 mm | 1.20 m² · 12.9 sq ft |
| Blockboard and solid wood panels | 2500 × 600 mm | 1.50 m² · 16.1 sq ft |
| Blockboard and solid wood panels | 3000 × 600 mm | 1.80 m² · 19.4 sq ft |
| Blockboard and solid wood panels | 2400 × 600 mm | 1.44 m² · 15.5 sq ft |
| Worktops | 3000 × 600 mm | 1.80 m² · 19.4 sq ft |
| Worktops | 4100 × 600 mm | 2.46 m² · 26.5 sq ft |
| Worktops | 4100 × 900 mm | 3.69 m² · 39.7 sq ft |
| Worktops | 3000 × 620 mm | 1.86 m² · 20.0 sq ft |
| Worktops | 4000 × 620 mm | 2.48 m² · 26.7 sq ft |
| Worktops | 4200 × 650 mm | 2.73 m² · 29.4 sq ft |
| HPL laminate | 3050 × 1300 mm | 3.96 m² · 42.7 sq ft |
| HPL laminate | 2440 × 1220 mm | 2.98 m² · 32.0 sq ft |