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Lumber
Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.
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Predryer
Building materials; Lumber
A structure similar to a kiln that is sometimes used in the initial stages of drying.
Want
Building materials; Lumber
The absence of wood, other than wane, from the arris or surface of a piece of timber.
Ridge
Building materials; Lumber
The highest part of the roof at the meeting of the upper ends of the common rafters.
Multi residential lumber framed construction (MRTFC)
Building materials; Lumber
A system of fire rated lumber framed construction used in multistorey residential building.
Box beam
Building materials; Lumber
A built-up beam with solid lumber flanges (a) and plywood or wood-base panel product webs (b).
Open grained
Building materials; Lumber
Common classification for woods with large pores in the grain. Also known as coarse textured.
Permeability
Building materials; Lumber
The ease with which a fluid flows through a porous material (wood) in response to pressure.
