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Common sizes include 2×4 (pictured) (also two-by-four and other variants, such as four-by-two in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK), 2×6, and 4×4. The length of a board is usually specified separately from the width and depth. It is thus possible to find 2×4s that are four, eight, and twelve feet in length.
In the UK there are two basic types of timber 'sawn' and 'prepared' if you buy, for instance, a 2x1 sawn peice of timber you get something close to 2x1 (allowing for tolerance of cut and shrinkage etc, still pretty close to 2x1). if you buy a length of 2x1 prepared you are buying the same size of stock, but one that has been subsequently planed ...
By 1830, Bangor, Maine had become the world's largest lumber shipping port and would move over 8.7 billion board feet of timber over the following sixty years. [3] Throughout the 19th century, Americans headed west in search of new land and natural resources.
At this rate, we'll be living in Hobbit Holes by 2010.The United States Census Bureau reports that for the first three months of 2009, new homes shrunk by 7% over the same period of 2008. The last ...
The National Association of Realtors said existing-home sales rose by 2.9% year over year in October, the first annual increase in three years. The average home value, meanwhile, climbed to ...
Obesity dipped in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, research found. ... as compared with the years from 2017 to 2020 (though severe obesity rose over that time). ...
2 4, a time signature in music; 2×4 (Guadalcanal Diary album), 1987; 2×4 (Einstürzende Neubauten album), 1984; 2×4 (Malachi Favors and Tatsu Aoki album), 1999; Two by Four, 1989 album by Marc Johnson "2×4", a 1996 song by Metallica from their album Load "2×4", a 1995 song by Blind Melon from their album Soup
Results of the study indicate that Black women in the U.S., ages 66-75, saw the largest decrease in obesity between 2022-2023.