Lumber

Lumber

Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.

Industry: Building materials

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Courses

Building materials; Lumber

Parallel layers of building materials such as bricks, shingles, or siding laid up horizontally.

Cove

Building materials; Lumber

A concave curve where vertical and horizontal surfaces join.

Crawl space

Building materials; Lumber

Space between floor and ground of a house or building.

A countersink is a conical hole cut into a manufactured object, or the cutter used to cut such a hole. A common usage is to allow the head of a countersunk bolt or screw, when placed in the hole, to ...

Cripples

Building materials; Lumber

Short studs that are used to fill the gap under the windowsill and between the header and the top plate if there is a gap. Also used in a nonbearing wall to fill the space above the door opening and ...