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  2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Lumber. Wood cut from Victorian Eucalyptus regnans. The harbor of Bellingham, Washington, filled with logs, 1972. Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames).

  3. Board foot - Wikipedia

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    US Customary. 1⁄12 ft 3. The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot (30.5 cm) in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM ...

  4. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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    A PSL block. Parallel-strand lumber (PSL) is a form of engineered wood made from parallel wood strands bonded together with adhesive. It is used for beams, headers, columns, and posts, among other uses. The strands in PSL are clipped veneer elements having a least dimension of not more than inch (6.4 mm) and an average length of at least 300 ...

  5. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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    Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is an engineered wood product that uses multiple layers of thin wood assembled with adhesives. It is typically used for headers, beams, rimboard, and edge-forming material. LVL offers several advantages over typical milled lumber: Made in a factory under controlled specifications, it is stronger, straighter, and ...

  6. Plank (wood) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, planks can be any length and are generally a minimum of 2×8 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in or 38 mm × 184 mm), but planks that are 2×10 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 in or 38 mm × 235 mm) and 2×12 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 in or 38 mm × 286 mm) are more commonly stocked by lumber retailers.

  7. Cross-laminated timber - Wikipedia

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    CLT-plate with three layers made from spruce. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a subcategory of engineered wood [1] panel product made from gluing together at least three layers [2] of solid-sawn lumber (i.e. lumber cut from a single log). [3] Each layer of boards is usually oriented perpendicular to adjacent layers and glued on the wide faces ...

  8. Glued laminated timber - Wikipedia

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    Glued laminated timber, commonly referred to as glulam, is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives so that all of the grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis. In North America, the material providing the laminations is ...

  9. Real versus nominal value - Wikipedia

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    Dimensional lumber sizes such as "2 by 4" refers to a board whose finished dimensions are closer to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (1 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches by 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches is typical in the United Kingdom).

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