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Building materials
Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.
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design span
Building materials; Lumber
Span used to calculate the strength and deflection of a member usually measured from center to center of the bearing surface at each support.
dimensional lumber
Building materials; Lumber
Lumber that is sawn and planed to standard sizes and lengths 2x4 through 2x12 across the grain by 8 to 24 feet in length.
double hung window
Building materials; Lumber
A window that has a top sash and bottom sash, both of which move up and down.
double pane window
Building materials; Lumber
Two panes of glass sealed at the edges to create dead air space. The sealed air acts as an insulator.
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- Brackets (31)
- Bricks (638)
- Cement (381)
- Concrete (2341)
- Finishing building materials (84)
- Lintel (25)
- Lumber (7432)
- Pipework and drainage (59)
- Sanitary ware (0)
- Stone (3339)
- Tiles (1692)
- Wire (328)
- Wood flooring (1493)