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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Engineered wood

Building materials; Lumber

Lamination technology allows the bonding or glueing of individual, thin sections of wood together to form long straight lengths of lumber commonly called engineered wood products.

Expansion joint

Building materials; Lumber

Flexible material between two surfaces that enables joints to ride out differing rates of expansion and contraction.

End grain

Building materials; Lumber

The surface of wood exposed after cutting across the fibers.

Drywall

Building materials; Lumber

A basic interior building material consisting of big sheets of pressed gypsum faced with heavy paper on both sides.

Fly rafter

Building materials; Lumber

A gable rafter that is located under the overhang part of the roof sheathing on the gable end. It is not directly supported by the exterior wall. Also sometimes referred to as the barge rafter or ...

Felt or felt paper

Building materials; Lumber

Highly absorbent fibre material saturated and impregnated with asphalt and used as backing for rock surfaced roofing materials. Made from organic, asbestos or glass fibres result in a strong, ...