Wood in Construction : How to Avoid Costly Mistakes


Jim. Coulson
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2011.
Omfang
1 online resource (222 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Wood in Construction: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes; Contents; Preface; 1 Wood as a Material; 1.1 Cellulose; 1.2 Grain; 1.3 Dimensional change in wood; 1.4 Heartwood and sapwood; 1.5 Natural durability; 1.6 Rays; 1.7 Radial and tangential directions; 1.8 Permeability in timber; 1.9 Chapter summary; 2 More on Timber: Some Stuff About the UK Timber Trade; 2.1 'Wood' or 'timber'?; 2.2 Wood species and timber trading; 2.3 Softwoods and hardwoods; 2.4 Some more detail on cell structure; 2.5 Trade names and scientific names; 2.6 A cautionary tale about timber names; 2.7 Growth rings. - 2.8 Earlywood and latewood2.9 Rate of growth in softwoods; 2.10 Rate of growth in hardwoods; 2.11 Chapter summary; 3 Water in Wood: Moisture Content and the Drying of Timber; 3.1 The definition of moisture content; 3.2 Moisture meters; 3.3 'Wet' or 'dry'? In-service moisture contents and 'EMC'; 3.4 EMC; 3.5 Specification of desired moisture content; 3.6 Fibre saturation point; 3.7 Shrinkage; 3.8 Movement; 3.9 Kiln drying; 3.10 Air drying; 3.11 Timescales for drying timber; 3.12 Chapter summary; 4 Specifying Timber - for Indoor or Outdoor Uses; 4.1 British and European standards. - 4.2 Durability and treatability of different wood species4.3 Use classes; 4.4 Examples of timbers employed in different use classes; 4.5 Hazard and risk - and their relative importance; 4.6 Use Class 1 - examples; 4.7 Use Class 2 - examples; 4.8 Use Class 3 - examples; 4.9 Use Class 4 - examples; 4.10 Use Class 5 - examples; 4.11 Chapter summary; 5 The Quality of Timber: Grading for Appearance; 5.1 The need for grading; 5.2 'Quality' or 'grade'?; 5.3 Quality; 5.4 Grade; 5.5 The different types of grading; 5.6 Appearance grading; 5.7 Appearance grading: based on defects. - 5.26 BS EN 942: the quality of timber in joinery5.27 J classes; 5.28 'Exposed face'; 5.29 Chapter summary; 6 Strength Grading and Strength Classes of Timber; 6.1 Appearance versus strength; 6.2 Visual strength grades; 6.3 GS and SS strength grades; 6.4 Strength classes for softwoods; 6.5 BS EN 1912; 6.6 SC3, SC4: C16 and C24; 6.7 Machine grading; 6.8 Other strength grades: Europe and North America; 6.9 Select structural, No. 1 and No. 2 structural and stud grades; 6.10 TR26; 6.11 Specifying the strength class or the wood species: some things to think about; 6.12 Hardwood strength grades. - 5.8 Scandinavian grades5.9 Unsorted, fifths and sixths; 5.10 Russian softwood qualities; 5.11 European appearance grading; 5.12 North American softwood appearance grades; 5.13 Clears, merchantable and commons; 5.14 A comparison of Scandinavian grades and North American grades; 5.15 Appearance grading: based on 'cuttings'; 5.16 The NHLA grades; 5.17 FAS, selects and commons; 5.18 Selects; 5.19 'F1F'; 5.20 Prime and Comsel grades; 5.21 Malaysian grades; 5.22 Prime, select and standard; 5.23 'PHND', 'BHND' or 'sound'; 5.24 Rules are made to be bent! (within reason); 5.25 Shipper's usual. - 6.13 Tropical hardwoods. - Wood in Construction - How to Avoid Costly Mistakes focuses on the basic principles and appropriate use of wood in construction and illustrates how to avoid or minimise problems, to ensure that wood performs as expected when used in a construction application. Based on the author's extensive experience of manufacturing processes and practical applications in the timber, construction, joinery, shop-fitting and furniture industries, Wood in Construction provides a guide to using wood in building in the real world. It describes the main causes of difficulty when using wood, and show
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Dewey
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ISBN
9780470657775

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