Category: Glossary of Terms -T

Engineered or solid floor joist system.

Method to fill an entire floor or large area.

The finish materials in a building, such as moldings, applied around openings or at the floor and ceiling of rooms.

Resistance of wood to forces acting across the grain that tend to split a member. Values presented are the average of radial and tangential observations.

Determined by relative size and distribution of the wood elements. Described as coarse (large elements), fine (small elements) or even (uniform size of elements).

The ability to resist a force acting on a member and tending to lengthen the member or pull the fibres apart lengthwise.

The American term for lumber measure. (Green tally refers to measurement before kilning and net tally to measurement after kilning.)

A type of oil used to finish wood. It is extracted from the seeds of the tung tree.

See “Moldings”.

Moldings used to transition from hardwood to another flooring type.