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2. Tongue and groove - Wikipedia

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   Tongue-in-groove is similar to tongue and groove, but instead of the tongue forming part of one of the edges, it is a separate, loose piece that fits between two identically grooved edges. The tongue may or may not be of the same material as the grooved pieces joined by the tongue.

3. Matchboard - Wikipedia

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   Matchboard by definition is "a board with a groove cut along one edge and a tongue along the other so as to fit snugly with the edges of similarly cut boards." [1]Bramble Cottage on Lundy Island, weathered cedar matchboarding in an exposed location

4. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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   Building a palisade wall for the fort at Jamestown, Virginia The Golden Plow Tavern in York, PA, is a very unusual American building. It is built with corner post construction on the ground floor, half-timbered style of timber framing on the upper floor and has a less common style of wood roof shingles than typical in America.

5. Home Depot, Lowe's under pressure as housing recovery ... - AOL

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   That followed Home Depot's 0.3% drop in comparable sales for the fourth quarter, the company reported February 21. ... And though lumber prices have fallen sharply, the firm noted for many "core ...

6. Oriented strand board - Wikipedia

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   OSB is easily identifiable by its characteristic wood strands. Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations.

7. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   The depth obtained during regular steeping periods varies from 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 in) up to 30 mm (1.2 in) by sap pine. Due to the low absorption, solution strength should be somewhat stronger than that in pressure processes, around 5% for seasoned timber and 10% for green timber (because the concentration slowly decreases as the ...

8. Softwood - Wikipedia

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   For example, balsa wood, which is a hardwood, is softer than most softwoods, whereas the longleaf pine, Douglas fir, and yew softwoods are much harder than several hardwoods. [citation needed] Several specific natural, macroscopic and microscopic features of wood are used in the identification process of a softwood species. [5]

9. Pinus elliottii - Wikipedia

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   Pinus elliottii, commonly known as slash pine, [2] [3] is a conifer tree native to the Southeastern United States. Slash pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat. Other common names include swamp pine, yellow slash pine, and southern Florida pine. [3]