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  2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Lumber. 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 ). Lumber has many uses beyond home building.

  3. Sound transmission class - Wikipedia

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    The presence of insulation in single 2x4 wood stud framing spaced 16" (406 mm) on-center results in only a few STC points. This is because a wall with 2x4 wood stud framing spaced 16" develops significant resonances which are not mitigated by the cavity insulation.

  4. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Framing side by side units. The erection of a wooden frame in Sabah, Malaysia. Framing, in construction, is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape. [ 1] Framing materials are usually wood, engineered wood, or structural steel. The alternative to framed construction is generally called mass wall construction, where ...

  5. Spruce-pine-fir - Wikipedia

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    Black spruce stand at Arctic Chalet, Inuvik, NT Spruce-pine-fir (SPF) is a classification of lumber that can be traded on commodities exchanges.. In Canada, and parts of the United States, most of the spruce tree species, pine tree species, and fir tree species share similar physical and mechanical characteristics, to the point where lumber derived from any of these species are interchangeable ...

  6. Wall stud - Wikipedia

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    Other terms. Studs are the vertical members of a timber- or metal-framed wall. The studs are spaced equally to suit the dimensions of the covering sheet materials, usually 600 mm (24 inches) between the centers. Studs are used to frame around window and door openings are given different names, including:

  7. Blocking (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Blocking (construction) Solid “bridging” to stabilize floor joists. Blocking placed as attachment points for cabinets, while doubling as bracing against compression of the studs. Blocking ( dwang, nog, noggin, and nogging) is the use of short pieces of dimensional lumber in wood framed construction to brace longer members or to provide ...

  8. Lath and plaster - Wikipedia

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    Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior dividing walls and ceilings. It consists of narrow strips of wood ( laths) which are nailed horizontally across the wall studs or ceiling joists and then coated in plaster. The technique derives from an earlier, more primitive process called wattle and daub.

  9. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gross Income, Net Profits, Production, and price index in the Lumber Industry 1920 -1934 [57] Year Gross Income (In Millions Dollar) Net Profit (In Millions Dollar) Production (In Board feet) (In Millions) Wholesale Price Index (1926=100) 1920 3,312 N/A 35,000 N/A 1922 2,402 167 35,250 N/A 1924 2,835 132 39,500 99.3 1926 3,069 117 39,750 100.0 1928

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