BS 1186-1:1991
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Timber for and workmanship in joinery Specification for timber
Hardcopy , PDF
15-09-1996
English
30-09-1991
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Foreword
Specification
Section 1. General
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Classification of timber
Section 2. Selection of timber species including sheet
materials
4 Species of timber and their uses
5 Wood based panel products
Section 3. Moisture content
6 Average moisture content (as a percentage)
7 Measurement
Section 4. Quality of timber
8 Classification
9 Knots and knot clusters
10 Splits, ring shakes and checks
11 Resin pockets
12 Sapwood
13 Wane
14 Rate of growth of softwood
15 Straightness of grain
16 Exposed pith
17 Decay and insect attack
18 Plugs, inserts and fillers
19 Opaque and non-opaque finishes
Appendices
A Recommendations for specifying timber for joinery
B Some species of softwood and their suitability for
use in joinery
C Some species of hardwood and their suitability for
use in joinery
D Recommendations for maintaining moisture content
E Procedure for establishing moisture content in the
event of a dispute
Tables
1 Requirements for wood based panel products
2 Moisture content of solid timber by categories
related to in-service conditions
3 Some species of softwood and their suitability for
use in joinery
4 Some species of hardwood and their suitability for
use in joinery
Figures
1 Maximum limit of knot size and distribution for
round or oval knots on exposed or concealed surfaces
2 Dimension of the finished piece: rectangular section
3 Dimension of the finished piece: moulded section
4 Round knot
5 Oval knot
6 Arris knot
7 Splay knot
8 Margin knot
9 Branched knot
10 Knot cluster
11 Measurement of rate of growth
Requirements for the classification, species, moisture content and quality of softwood, hardwood and wood-based panel products used in joinery.
| Committee |
B/543
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
32
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| BS 6566-4:1985 | Plywood Specification for tolerances on the dimensions of plywood panels |
| BS 6100-4.1(1984) : 1984 | GLOSSARY OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TERMS - FOREST PRODUCTS - CHARACTERISTICS AND PROPERTIES OF TIMBER AND WOOD BASED PANEL PRODUCTS |
| BS 6566-5:1985 | Plywood Specification for moisture content |
| BS 1186-2:1988 | Timber for and workmanship in joinery Specification for workmanship |
| BS 6566-3:1985 | Plywood Specification for acceptance levels for post-manufacture batch testing including sampling |
| BS 6566-6:1985 | Plywood Specification for limits of defects for the classification of plywood by appearance |
| BS 5669-5:1989 | Particleboard Code of practice for the selection and application of particleboards for specific purposes |
| BS 6100-1.0(1984) : 1984 | GLOSSARY OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TERMS - GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS - GENERAL |
| BS 6952-1:1988 | Exterior wood coating systems Guide to classification and selection |
| BS 6566-7:1985 | Plywood Specification for classification of resistance to fungal decay and wood borer attack |
| BS 6566-1:1985 | Plywood Specification for construction of panels and characteristics of plies including marking |
| BS 5669-4:1989 | Particleboard Specification for cement bonded particleboard |
| BS 1186-3:1990 | Timber for and workmanship in joinery Specification for wood trim and its fixing |
| BS 6566-2:1985 | Plywood Glossary of terms |
| BS 5669-2:1989 | Particleboard Specification for wood chipboard |
| BS 6566-8:1985 | Plywood Specification for bond performance of veneer plywood |
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