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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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engineered wood
Building materials; Lumber
Lamination technology allows the bonding or gluing 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.
drywall
Building materials; Lumber
A basic interior building material consisting of big sheets of pressed gypsum faced with heavy paper on both sides.
earlywood
Building materials; Lumber
The early part of a growth ring, consisting of pale inner wood with thin walls, formed in the spring and early summer. Also known as springwood.
eight quarters
Building materials; Lumber
The thickness of a board "in the rough" is defined in quarter inches. Four quarters (4/4) is actually 1” thick. Five quarters (5/4) is 1-1/4" thick etc. Therefore, an eight quarters (8/4) board ...