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I have a project I’m currently working on and I realized I made a mistake in my plans, I was going to use 4’ x 8’ plywood cut down to 7’ but I just realized I’m going to need a width of 5’ instead. I can’t seem to find them on the website of home depot or lowes so I don’t think they’ll have them in store. Are 5’ x 8’ pieces of plywood rare? I know they’re made since I did find them on one site but to have a single piece shipped to me would add $200 and they dont have a store in my state that it could be shipped to.

Should I continue trying to find a 5’ x 8’ piece or should I just go another route? If they make pieces larger than 5’ x 8’ then I could just cut off the extra. Would it be smart/reasonable/doable to frankenstein 2 pieces together, like a 4’ x 8’ and a 1’ x 8’?

Sorry if what I’m saying is weird or doesn’t make sense, this is my first diy project.
 
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fishhead0103666 said:
I have a project I’m currently working on and I realized I made a mistake in my plans, I was going to use 4’ x 8’ plywood cut down to 7’ but I just realized I’m going to need a width of 5’ instead. I can’t seem to find them on the website of home depot or lowes so I don’t think they’ll have them in store. Are 5’ x 8’ pieces of plywood rare? I know they’re made since I did find them on one site but to have a single piece shipped to me would add $200 and they dont have a store in my state that it could be shipped to.

Should I continue trying to find a 5’ x 8’ piece or should I just go another route? If they make pieces larger than 5’ x 8’ then I could just cut off the extra. Would it be smart/reasonable/doable to frankenstein 2 pieces together, like a 4’ x 8’ and a 1’ x 8’?

Sorry if what I’m saying is weird or doesn’t make sense, this is my first diy project.
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What are you making? '4×'8 is the standard size sold at Home Depot and Lowe's. Maybe you could special order larger sheet size tbh I don't know.
 
Yeah I had a piece of wood cut in half so I had two 1’ x 4’ pieces and it ended up with one being 11.5 and the other 12.5 -_-. Not happy at all with that so I’ve decided to get my own tools so I can be independent and do stuff when I need to.
 
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Yes you could have the extra section cut to size and add. I suggest having it cut with a mitre saw not cut rough like Home Depot does.
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Wait so you’re talking about frankensteining two pieces together?
 
If both sections of plywood are square and cut evenly no one could tell it was 2 sections.
 
I’m planning to build shelves onto it and have one of them holding a planter box with a hole drilled in each side. One side will have a pump pulling water into it and the other hole will return the water into the tank, you can think of it as a diy filter if you want. It won’t be “heavy” but it will have maybe 3-5 gallons of water resting on that shelf. Would that be a problem?
 
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I’m planning to build shelves onto it and have one of them holding a planter box with a hole drilled in each side. One side will have a pump pulling water into it and the other hole will return the water into the tank, you can think of it as a diy filter if you want. It won’t be “heavy” but it will have maybe 3-5 gallons of water resting on that shelf. Would that be a problem?
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I don't see any issue with it. Do you plan on coating the wood with a waterproofing stain or sealer?
 
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