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2. Plywood - Wikipedia

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   Other types of plywoods include fire-retardant, moisture-resistant, wire mesh, sign-grade, and pressure-treated. However, the plywood may be treated with various chemicals to improve the plywood's fireproofing. Each of these products is designed to fill a need in industry. Baltic Birch plywood is a product of an area around the Baltic Sea.

3. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   Developed in the Philippines, this method (abbreviated HPSD) consists of a cylinder pressure cap made from a 3 mm thick mild steel plate secured with 8 sets of bolts, a 2-HP diesel engine, and a pressure regulator with 1.4–14 kg/m 2 capacity. The cap is placed over the stump of a pole, tree or bamboo and the preservative is forced into the ...

4. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) – LVL comes in 1 + 3 ⁄ 4-inch (44 mm) thicknesses with depths such as 9 + 1 ⁄ 2, 11 + 7 ⁄ 8, 14, 16, 18 and 24 inches (240, 300, 360, 410, 460 and 610 mm), and are often doubled or tripled up. They function as beams to provide support over large spans, such as removed support walls and garage door openings ...

5. Structural insulated panel - Wikipedia

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   EPS is the most common of the foams used and has an R-value (thermal resistance) of about 4 °F·ft 2 ·h/Btu (equivalent to about 0.7 K·m 2 /W) per 25 mm thickness, which would give the 3.5 inches (89 mm) of foam in a 4.5-inch-thick (110 mm) panel an R value of 13.8 (caution: extrapolating R-values over thickness may be imprecise due to non ...

6. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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   They are the result of new technology and economic pressure to make use of new species and smaller trees that cannot be used to make solid sawn lumber. [1] While plywood became widespread by the early 20th century, the invention of LVL was not until the 1980s after the invention of oriented strand board. [3]

7. Michael T. Smith - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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   From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Michael T. Smith joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -6.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.