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5/4 lumber is lumber that was rough sawn to 1 1/4 inch. When it is finished planed as you would get at a retail lumberyard, it will measure about 1" though that can sometiimes vary upward. Jim_Allen | Apr 20, 2008 06:48pm | #5. It must be a regional thing because 5/4 was always 5/4 in MI.
Those are all read as quarters. Five quarters, six quarters, eight quarters. It refers to the thickness of the wood, in quarters of inches. So 5/4 is 1 1/4" thick, 6/4 is 1 1/2" thick, and 8/4 is 2" thick. Is that standard for other places around the world? Just asking cause I didn't know either.
No matter what you do, people F with you. The thickness is measured in 1/4 inches. 4/4=1” 5/4= 1 1/4”. 4/4 is "four quarter" and 5/4 is "five quarter". Like others said, it's typically used with rough-sawn dimensions and is a fraction in inches of the board thickness.
Start the installation by securing each board with a few screws to keep them in place. The majority of fastening will be done once all of the boards are tacked down. The screw length is very important; these screws need to penetrate in the joist by 1-1/2 inches. When it comes to the board ends, predrill to prevent splitting.
Common deck-stair tread configurations include two pieces of 5/4×6 or 2×6 lumber, three pieces of 5/4×4 or 2×4 lumber, or a single piece of 2×12 lumber. Pick whichever configuration you wish, but for 5/4 treads, stringers need to be spaced no more than 12 in. apart, and for 2x treads, stringers are spaced no more than 16 in. apart.
But the 2015 IRC included a new one (Table R507.5) that will make it easy for deck builders to spec a joist size for a given span and joist spacing. The table includes spans for common lumber species used for deck framing like southern pine, Douglas fir, hem-fir, redwood, western cedar and other species. The table accounts for wet service ...
To me, a sill is the piece of lumber laid on the foundation, bolted down to it, on which the floor frame sits and is attached. it is used to plevel that same floor when errors exist in the crete. A plate is the bottom or top horizontal member in a framed wall maintaining the spacing on the studs. I would see no terrible problem with a 5/4 ...
It's made from one sheet of 3/4" plywood. The top is only 2'x4', and the entire table pulled apart so you could store it flat. It worked well, and was plenty strong enough for adults. The dark brown in the picture is 1/4" solid wood trim. You can see how they used braces under the top and benches.
5/4 is very common. Most exterior trim & fascia is 5/4. Especially older construction (1990’s & older) Newer cheap construction is shifting to 1x so that’s why you rarely see 5/4 at Home Depot or Lowe’s. But if you have a lumberyard that doesn’t regularly stock 5/4, you have a bad lumber yard.
If the deck is elevated with good air circulation underneath, then the moisture content will be more uniform, and the boards are more likely to remain flat. It has also been argued that the heart side of the boards rots more slowly than the bark side, so the heart side should be installed facing up. But consider that the bark side of the boards ...