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Wood

Infestation of power-post beetle in circa 1800 timber-frame roof truss.

Properties

• Wood Handbook: Wood as an engineering material. Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood Handbook: Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p. Peruse.
• Canadian Building Digests
  • Some Basic Characteristics of Wood (CBD-85)
  • Some Implications of the Properties of Wood (CBD-86

Moisture

• Simpson, William T. 1998. Equilibrium Moisture Content of Wood in Outdoor Locations in the United States and Worldwide, USDA Forest Serv. Res. Note FPL-RN-0268. 11 p. [Download PDF file 565 kb, 14 pp.] Peruse, read introduction

Pathology

• Carll, Charles G., Terry L. Highley 1999. Decay of Wood and Wood-Based Products Above Ground in Buildings, J.Testing and Eval. 27(2): 150-158. [Download PDF file 327kb, 9 pp.]
• Canadian Building Digests
  • Decay of Wood CBD 111
  • Biological Attacks on Organic Materials CBD 12

Preservatives (Borates)

• Borax, Wikipedia
• Borate-Treated Products, Wood, Borax
• Timbor (Borax) and Bora-Care, Professional Pest Control Products
• Casebolt, David. Boron Wood Preservatives And Their Application To Historic Wooden Vessels At San Francisco Maritime N.H.P., 1997

Epoxies

• Gougeon Brothers, Inc.
  • West System (read "Epoxy')
• Abatron, Inc.
• Epoxy Repair for Deterioration and Decay in Wooden Members, HPTP, GSA

Paint

• Park, Sharon C., AIA, and Douglas C. Hicks. Appropriate Methods for Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards in Historic Housing. Presrvation Briefs 37, National Park Service
• Surface Preparation for Painting Wood, HPTP, GSA
• Primers and Paints for Wood, HPTP, GSA

Dendrochronology

• Dendrochronology: (dendron = tree, chronos = time, logos = word = the science of): The science that uses tree rings dated to their exact year of formation to analyze temporal and spatial patterns of processes in the physical and cultural sciences. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer's Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages including Tree-Ring Photos.
• Taylor, Jonathan, Dendrochronology in Dating Timber Framed Buildings and Structures, The Building Conservation Directory, 2002
• Tree-Ring Services, Orpington, England