Timber is a natural product and every natural product has some imperfections. Timbers are not excluded from that. Most of the defects in timber cause weakness or others sorts of difficulties…

Timber is an important construction material. It is used as building structural element as well as door, window, partition etc. Perfect timber logs would make the construction work simple. But un…

A porous and fibrous hard-structured plant stem which is the secondary xylem of the vascular tissue consisting of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin can be defined as wood. It’s a supportive or…

Softwood and hardwood are two different types of wood. To choose between these two types of wood one must know the differences between them. The main differences between Softwood and Hardwood are…

Seasoning of timber is the process of reducing the moisture content of freshly cut lumber to a level where it can be used without fear of distortion or cracking. The most common method of seasoni…