Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
great halls 5 or 3 bays wide or halls 7 or 5 bays wide 4th: 7.2: 4.8: great halls 3 bays wide or halls 5 bays wide 5th: 6.6: 4.4: great halls 3 small bays wide or halls 3 large bays wide 6th: 6: 4: pagodas and small halls 7th: 5.25: 3.2: pagodas and small great halls 8th: 4.5: 3: small pagodas and ceilings
For hardwood flooring, the test usually requires an 80 mm × 150 mm (3 in × 6 in) sample with a thickness of at least 6–8 mm, and the most commonly used test is the ASTM D1037. When testing wood in lumber form, the Janka test is always carried out on wood from the tree trunk (known as the heartwood), and the standard sample (according to ...
The most widespread use of WPCs in North America is in outdoor deck floors, but it is also used for railings, fences, landscaping timbers, cladding and siding, park benches, molding and trim, prefab houses under the tradename Woodpecker WPC, [4] window and door frames, and indoor furniture. [5]
Braced frame construction, also known as full frame, half frame, [6] New England braced frame, [7] combination frame [8] an early form of light framing which survived into the 1940s in the northeastern United States, [9] defined by the continued use of girts, corner posts, and braces, most often mortised, tenoned, and pegged with nailed studs. [8]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
In Scandinavia shakes, traditionally used only for roofing, are generally smaller than in North America, measuring 13–16 inches (330–410 mm) long, 4–6 inches (100–150 mm) wide and 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) thick, [6] while in Poland and Slovakia they are usually 36 inches (910 mm) long, 4–6 inches (100–150 mm) wide and 1–1.25 inches ...
A simple timber frame made of straight vertical and horizontal pieces with a common rafter roof without purlins. The term box frame is not well defined and has been used for any kind of framing (with the usual exception of cruck framing). The distinction presented here is that the roof load is carried by the exterior walls.
The American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) standards for ACQ require a retention of 0.15 lb/cu ft (2.4 kg/m 3) for above ground use and 0.40 lb/cu ft (6.4 kg/m 3) for ground contact. Chemical Specialties, Inc (CSI, now Viance) received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2002 for ...