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  2. Tongue and groove - Wikipedia

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    Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork. A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles

  3. Alfredson's Joinery - Wikipedia

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    The floor was made with tongue and groove seasoned hardwood, and mouldings were Queensland pine (hoop pine). Joinery could be made with cedar, oak, or maple timber. The price of a Cooran No.3 home (timber clad, either seven inch weatherboard or four inch chamferboard) was now £ 835; a Cooran No. 4 (Durabestos clad) was £ 720; and the frame ...

  4. Plywood - Wikipedia

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    Plywood for flooring applications is often tongue and groove (T&G); This prevents one board from moving up or down relative to its neighbor, providing a solid-feeling floor when the joints do not lie over joists.

  5. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    Plywood, shiplap, tongue and groove; Oriented strand board; Parallel strand lumber or "PSL" Glued laminated timber or "glulam" Finish carpentry or "architectural woodwork" Veneer, plastic laminate, wood panel; Case-building products Millwork, bookcase, cabinets; Ornamental woodwork; Trim, molding or "moulding" Chair rail, baseboard, casing ...

  6. Liggett and Myers Harpring Tobacco Storage Warehouse

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    The gable roof, originally clad in a wood sheathing and built-up tar, peaks at 25 feet at the ridgeline, and 18 feet high along the sides. The ceiling inside the warehouse is tongue and groove wood boards. The facade of the warehouse faces east, and the current owner commissioned a local artist to paint a mural on the metal siding on that end ...

  7. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    The planks may be laid flat and tongue and grooved or splined together or laid on edge called a laminated floor. [24] The name slow burning construction was coined in 1870 [ 25 ] by Factory Mutual insurance company [ 26 ] because large, smooth timbers with chamfered edges ignite slower and last longer in a fire allowing fire suppression crews ...

  8. Laminate flooring - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Type of manufactured floor covering This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Laminate flooring" – news · newspapers · books ...

  9. Panelling - Wikipedia

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    39 in (990 mm) wainscoting using 3 in (76 mm) tongue and groove pine boards. Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. [1] These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials.