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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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wind bracing
Building materials; Lumber
Bracing members required to resist the forces on a structure resulting from wind pressure.
back sawn lumber
Building materials; Lumber
Lumber sawn so that the growth rings are inclined at less than 45 degrees to the wide face.
lap joint
Building materials; Lumber
A joint made by placing one member partly over another and bonding the overlapped portions.
light shelf
Building materials; Lumber
A horizontal element below a window that reflects direct sunlight up onto a ceiling surface
multi residential lumber framed construction (MRTFC)
Building materials; Lumber
A system of fire rated lumber framed construction used in multistorey residential building.
permeability
Building materials; Lumber
The ease with which a fluid flows through a porous material (wood) in response to pressure.
dry-bulb temperature
Building materials; Lumber
Coincident with a tangent at the circumference of a tree or log, or parallel to such a tangent. In practice, it often means roughly coincident with a growth ring.