"wood" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Kahler sold the remaining wood framing material on hand to the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company of Louisville.
- A termite shield is a sheet metal fabrication used in light frame construction to reduce the movement of termites from the soil into wood framing members such as floor joists and studs.
- Metal fastening systems that hold the wood framing together are pressed in place under tremendous pressure, giving trusses and wall panels greater strength than they would have if stick-built.
- Since 1968, according to Sid Dinsay, a spokesman for the Buildings Department, the city's building code has prohibited wood framing in attached homes, a precaution against fire spreading.
- The varnish on the recently refinished red-oak flooring of the porch was clear, and the oil-stain preservative on the wood framing the wide windows was fresh.
- And because wood is structurally weak compared with steel or reinforced concrete, a huge number of wood framing members must be used to resist the earthquake and hurricane wind loads encountered there.
- To discourage termites, make sure that there are at least 18 inches of space between any soil and untreated wood framing beneath porches and decks, as well as in crawl spaces.
- This kept the wires from coming into contact with the wood framing members and from being compressed by the wood as the house settled.
- Once Rob pried off the peeling roof shingles the rotten wood framing practically fell apart of its own weight.
- The wood framing the windows of all the shops, the laziness of the main street, the off-the-beaten-pathedness of it all.
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