...and regional building codes, an overview of such measures may be of use to Canadian marketers of wood products and manufactured homes. Termite control measures can be broadly grouped into...
...other holes or penetrations, checks and delaminations. Moisture flow in wood may be 100 to 1000 times faster along than across the grain. Patterns of moisture distribution in wood are...
...www.durable-wood.com Wood Preservation Canada Canadian Wood Preservation Association CSA O80 Series Wood preservation CSA O86 Engineering design in wood Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada American Wood Protection Association...
...knots ability to hold nails and screws There are more than a hundred softwood species in North America. To simplify the supply and use of structural softwood lumber, species having...
Canadian species of visually graded lumber There are more than a hundred softwood species in North America. To simplify the supply and use of structural softwood lumber, species having similar...
Adhesives can also be referred to as resins. Many engineered wood products, including finger-joined lumber, plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), glulam, cross-laminated timber (CLT), wood I-joists and other structural composite...
Bolts are widely used in wood construction. They are able to resist moderately heavy loads with relatively few connectors. Bolts may be used in wood-to-wood, wood-to-steel and wood-to-concrete connection types....
...of Canada CSA S347 Method of Test for Evaluation of Truss Plates used in Lumber Joints ASTM D1761 Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Canadian Wood Truss Association...
Nailing is the most basic and most commonly used means of attaching members in wood frame construction. Common nails and spiral nails are used extensively in all types of wood...
...screws commonly used are shown in Figure 5.4, below. For more information on wood screws, refer to the following resources: ASME B18.6.1 Wood Screws CSA O86 Engineering design in wood...
...the ends of timbers are carved out so that they fit together like puzzle pieces. The variations and configurations of wood-to-wood joints is quite large and complex. Some common wood-to-wood...
...on OSB, please refer to the following resources: APA – The Engineered Wood Association National Building Code of Canada CSA O86 Engineering design in wood CSA O325 Construction sheathing CSA...
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is a widely used, versatile structural wood panel. OSB makes efficient use of forest resources, by employing less valuable, fast-growing species....
Plywood is a widely recognized engineered wood-based panel product that has been used in Canadian construction projects for decades. Plywood panels manufactured for...
The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) requires that some buildings be of ‘noncombustible construction’ under its prescriptive requirements. Noncombustible...
CSA O86 Engineering design in wood The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) contains requirements regarding the engineering design of structural wood products and systems....
As identified in the design philosophy of the CSA S-6, safety is the overriding concern in the design of highway bridges in Canada. For wood products, the CSA S-6 addresses...
CSA S406 Specification of permanent wood foundations for housing and small buildings CSA S406 is the design and construction standard for permanent wood foundations (PWF)...
Structural Composite Lumber (SCL) Structural composite lumber (SCL) is a term used to encompass the family of engineered wood products that includes laminated veneer lumber...
By using roundwood that is often not be suitable for lumber production, wood-based panels make efficient use of the forest resource by providing engineered wood products with...
Oriented Strand Lumber (OSL) Oriented Strand Lumber (OSL) provides attributes such as high strength, high stiffness and dimensional stability. The manufacturing process of...
Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL) Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL) provides attributes such as high strength, high stiffness and dimensional stability. The manufacturing process of...
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a proprietary engineered wood product that is prefabricated using several layers of kiln-dried lumber, laid flat-wise, and glued together on...
Glulam (glued-laminated timber) is an engineered structural wood product that consists of multiple individual layers of dimension lumber that are glued together under...