Construction Grade Fir Wood

The image to the left shows a typical grade stamp on the kind of framing lumber i buy for making fine furniture.

Construction grade fir wood.

2 and better prime doug fir lumber. Some of the most commonly used softwoods that are created into lumber include. You can see that this wood could be spruce pine or fir. They tend to have a straighter grain making these woods suitable for use in construction framing lumber and building components such as windows and doors.

If you want to see a more defined grade image please let us know. This means that each board could be some species of spruce pine or fir. Structural lumber including dimension lumber is visually and or mechanically msr graded for its strength and physical working properties appearance is secondary unless specified. Douglas fir ponderosa pine white fir and western red cedar are the most common single species sold as dimension lumber products.

2 and better prime doug fir lumber model 2x10 8 2 btr prime doug fir 14 77 piece 14 77 piece schedule delivery. Knots must be sound firm encased and tight. Lumber of this grade has strength and stiffness values that make it. Construction grade lumber is used for light framing.

Lumber of this grade is intended primarely for use in housing and light construction where it is exposed as paneling shelving and other uses where a knotty type of lumber with the finest appearance is required. Knots are allowed of any quality as long as they are well spaced. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Select grade douglas fir.

3 lumber allows for more defects as long as they don t go all the way through the wood. In north america construction grade lumber is usually stamped s p f. Cedar both red and yellow most commonly.