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2. Oriented strand board - Wikipedia

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   OSB is frequently used in light steel frame house construction. OSB is a material with favorable mechanical properties that make it particularly suitable for load-bearing applications in construction. [2] It is now more popular than plywood, commanding 66% of the North American structural panel market. [3]

3. Structural insulated panel - Wikipedia

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   Standard OSB with EPS-core structural insulated panel Although foam-core panels gained attention in the 1970s, the idea of using stress-skinned panels for construction began in the 1930s. Research and testing of the technology was done primarily by Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin , as part of a U.S. Forest Service attempt ...

4. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   The "quarter" system of reference is a traditional North American lumber industry nomenclature used specifically to indicate the thickness of rough sawn hardwood lumber. In rough-sawn lumber it immediately clarifies that the lumber is not yet milled, avoiding confusion with milled dimension lumber which is measured as actual thickness after ...

5. Lumber prices begin to drop after record high - AOL

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   Jul. 4—After climbing to record highs, lumber prices are finally starting to fall. The long-awaited break in the wood products market already is creating ripple effects in the Flathead Valley's ...

6. American Lumber Standard Committee - Wikipedia

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   The Central Committee on Lumber Standards was started in 1922 by Herbert Hoover when he was U.S. Secretary of Commerce at the request of the lumber industry. [4] Chaired by John W. Blodgett, the Central Committee was intended to be a way to create voluntary lumber standards without imposing formal government regulations, in order to solve the problem of lumber manufacturers selling lumber that ...

7. Louisiana-Pacific - Wikipedia

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   Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) is an American building materials manufacturer. The company was founded in 1973 and LP pioneered the U.S. production of oriented strand board (OSB) panels. [ 1 ] Currently based in Nashville, Tennessee , LP is the world's largest producer of OSB and manufactures engineered wood building products. [ 2 ]

8. Modest drops in some North Carolina prices under Trump

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   On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, those respective prices were $3.50, $4.06 and $2.88. Here’s a look at some measures of consumer prices: Milk (regular, 1 gallon): Modest drops in some North ...

9. This lightweight vacuum-mop is perfect for spot-cleaning ...

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   The Shark VACMOP Pro is a lightweight, cordless vacuum-mop that's great for spot-cleaning, and it's on sale for 40% off right now.