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Boards expand when they heat up and contract when they cool down. This must be accounted for when spacing deck boards.
When the level of moisture in a board is equal to the moisture in the surrounding air. The moisture content at which wood neither gains nor loses moisture when surrounded by air at a given relative humidity and temperature.
Smoothing and squaring the edge of a board so that it can be glued up evenly to another piece.
Lumber sawed parallel with the pith of the log and approximately at right angles to the growth rings; that is, the rings form an angle of 45 degrees or more with the wide face if the piece.
Complex ecological community and environment forming a functional whole in nature.
The amount of space left at the baseboard to allow for expansion.