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Engineered Wood Framing
Framing a house using engineered wood has many advantages. Glue laminated beams are stronger than their conventional solid ... |
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Engineered Wood Siding
Here's a new concept in exterior trim work. Pre-engineered lumber has several key features that make it a practical option. ... |
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Enginered I-Beams
To save time and money on your next project, one option is using engineered i-beams. Made from engineered lumber products ... |
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Glued Laminated Timber
Glued Laminated Timber or Glulam is an engineered stress-rated product created by bonding together individual pieces of lumber ... |
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Laminated Veneer Lumber
Laminated Veneer Lumber: also known as LVL is the most widely used of the structural composite lumber products. It is produced ... |
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MDO Plywood
Called MDO, or medium density overlay, it's engineered plywood with a resin treated fiber applied to both faces. This gives an ... |
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Oriented Strand Board
Oriented Strand Board or OSB consists of wood strands bonded with adhesives to form a mat. Like the veneer in plywood, these ... |
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Plywood
The original engineered wood, plywood consists of veneers arranged in perpendicular layers. The layers consist of veneer plies ... |
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Plywood Weight
An easy way to estimate how much a stack of plywood will weigh is to figure about 25 lbs. per 1/4 in. of thickness. For ... |
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Prefabricated Wood I-joists
Sometimes referred to as I-beams, are structural, load-carrying products. I-joists are typically available in long lengths and ... |
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Structural Composite Panels
Structural composite panels (the APA tradename is COM-PLY) consist of veneer faces bonded to a wood-base core material, such ... |
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Structural Insulated Panels
Building using SIPs, or structural insulated panels, is becoming a popular way to save construction time and energy ... |
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Wall Construction
There are three important concepts to remember for wind-resistant wall construction.
• Walls have to resist the uplift ... |
