Information to Help You Select the Right Timber Species for Your Project

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DESIGN, ENGINEER, BUILD

There's a lot that goes into choosing and using the right product. Let these resources be a helpful guide.

Engineering

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Size Adjusted Design Values for Western Lumber

Span Tables for Rafters and Joist

Design Values for Rafters and Joist

Lumber Design Values

NDS Design Values for Wood Construction

Lumber Design Values Framing Spans

Design Loads for Beams & Headers

Design loads for Wood Studwalls

Design Loads for Wood Post

Manual for Engineered Wood Construction

NDS Beam Design Formulas

Interior Shear Walls

Construction

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Board Footage Tables

Using Unseasoned Framing Lumber

Notching and Boring Guide

Lag Screw Connections

Nail Connections

Post Frame Ring Shank Nails

Heavy Timber Construction

Tongue and Groove Roof Decking

Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide

Bark Siding Installation Guide

Performance

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Meeting Residential Energy Requirements with Wood Frame Construction

Design of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence

Fire Resistance Rated Wood Frame Wall and Floor or Ceiling Assemblies

NDS Calculating Fire Resistance

Flame Spread Performance

Fire Design Specification for Wood Construction

Component Additive Method for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Resistance

Mold & Wood Products: Prevention

Mold & Wood Products: Cleaning

Mold, Housing & Wood

Inscribed versus Separate Structures in the WFCM

Post Frame Buildings

Plank and Beam Framing for Residential Buildings

Details for Conventional Wood Framing Construction

Properties

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Natural Wood Siding

Standard Patterns

Paneling Basics

Wood Characteristics

Structural Glued Lumber

NLGA Grade Rules

Specifying Western Lumber

Properties of Wood

Species

General

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Western Wood Species Book – Dimension Lumber

Western Lumber Product Use Manual

Eastern White Pine

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General Info on Eastern White Pine

Evaluating Defects in Eastern White Pine

Blue Stain in Eastern White Pine

Bald Cypress

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Installing Cypress Siding

Installing Cypress Decking

Grading Rules for Cypress

Design Values for Cypress

Design Spans for Cypress

Douglas Fir

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Product Manual on Douglas Fir

Specifications on Douglas Fir

Species Information on Douglas Fir

Outdoor Performance of Douglas Fir

Western Red Cedar

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General Info on Western Red Cedar

General Info on Western Red Cedar

Product Manual on Western Red Cedar

Specifications on Western Red Cedar

How-To Specify for Western Red Cedar

Designing with Western Red Cedar

Facts on Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

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General Info on Sitka Spruce

Design Values for Sitka Spruce

Facts on Sitka Spruce

Future of Sitka Spruce

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