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2. Hardwood - Wikipedia

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   Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests . [ 1 ] In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous , but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen .

3. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   Kauri is a superb timber for building the hulls and decks of boats. It too is now a specialty timber and ancient logs (in excess of 3 000 years) that have been mined from swamps are used by wood turners and furniture makers. The natural durability or rot and insect resistance of wood species is always based on the heartwood (or "truewood").

4. Wood flooring - Wikipedia

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   Solid hardwood is more prone than engineered timber to "gapping" (excessive space between planks), "crowning" (convex curving upwards when humidity increases) and "cupping" (a concave or "dished" appearance of the plank, with the height of the plank along its longer edges being higher than the centre) with increased plank size. Patented ...

5. Sawmill - Wikipedia

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   The Dutch windmill owner Cornelis Corneliszoon van Uitgeest invented in 1594 the wind-powered sawmill, which made the conversion of log timber into planks 30 times faster than before. [8] His wind-powered sawmill used a crankshaft to convert a windmill 's circular motion into a back-and-forward motion powering the saw, and was granted a patent ...

6. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   Lumber has many uses beyond home building. Lumber is referred to as timber in the United Kingdom, Europe, [1] Australia, and New Zealand, while in other [citation needed] parts of the world (mainly the United States and Canada) the term timber refers specifically to unprocessed wood fiber, such as cut logs or standing trees that have yet to be cut.

7. The 10 Best Composite Decking Options for Every Homeowner - AOL

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   Here, the best composite decking brands. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please ...