What Are the Most Common Uses for Softwood Plywood?. Softwood comes from various species of evergreen conifers including spruce, pine and fir. Plywood made from softwood is a building product commonly found in home construction and is also used for other purposes. Softwood plywood is available in different grades for ...
Softwood plywood has other applications in home building in addition to roofs, walls and floors. Eaves and soffits are often covered with plywood. Some plywood is manufactured specifically as a siding product, most notably T-111 siding, a grooved sheet product made to appear similar to reverse board and batten siding. Builders also use plywood for building detached garages and sheds, temporary flooring and concrete forms. Plywood is also used for many of the same purposes in commercial building construction.