Lumber

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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Lumber

Wood with wide conspicuous growth rings in which there is considerable difference between earlywood and latewood. The term is sometimes used to designate wood with large pores, but in this sense the ...

Coarse grain

Building materials; Lumber

Lumber with wide conspicuous growth rings in which there is considerable difference between earlywood and latewood. The term is sometimes used to designate wood with large vessels, but in this sense ...

Permanent set

Building materials; Lumber

A change in the properties of wood which can occur during drying when stressing exceeds the elastic limit. Permanent set prevents normal shrinkage of the lumber and can lead to more obvious defects ...

Fiberboard

Building materials; Lumber

A generic term including sheet materials of widely varying densities manufactured from refined or partially refined wood or vegetable fibers. Bonding agents and other materials may be added to ...

Mould

Building materials; Lumber

A fungal growth on lumber or other wood products at or near the surface and, therefore, not typically resulting in deep discoloration. Mould is usually ash green to deep green, although black and ...

Frame

Building materials; Lumber

1. The main lumbers of a structure fitted and joined together. 2. A three dimensional self contained structural system of interconnecting members which functions with or without the aid of horizontal ...

Embodied energy

Building materials; Lumber

The amount of non-renewable energy used to extract and process raw materials into finished building components. The embodied energy of a material is usually expressed in the units MJ/kg and that of a ...