Uses of Timber

Timber is used for the following works: 1. For heavy construction works like columns, trusses, piles. 2. For light construction works like doors, windows, flooring and roofing. 3. For other permanent works like for railway sleepers, fencing poles, electric poles and gates. 4. For temporary works in construction like scaffolding, centering, shoring and strutting, packing of materials. 5. For decorative works like showcases and furnitures….

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TIMBER

Timber refers to wood used for construction works. In fact the word timber is derived from an old English word β€˜Timbrian’ which means β€˜to build’. A tree that yields good wood for construction is called β€˜Standing Timber.’ After felling a tree, its branches are cut and its stem is roughly converted into pieces of suitable…

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