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Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic material – a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs. In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves. It also conveys water and nutrients between the leaves, other growing tissues, and the roots. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or woodchips or fiber.
Wood has been used for thousands of years for fuel, as a construction material, for making tools and weapons, furniture and paper. More recently it emerged as a feedstock for the production of purified cellulose and its derivatives, such as cellophane and cellulose acetate.
As of 2005, the growing stock of forests worldwide was about 434 billion cubic meters, 47% of which was commercial. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991 approximately 3.5 billion cubic meters of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were for furniture and building construction.

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    USA Exterior, Limestone on PT Wood Post.

    Hello, First post here on the forum. Thanks for reading! I have an application for 1" limestone at 14" x 3 1/2" on an exterior Pressure treated post which is buried into the grade and sitting on a deep level wood piling. The post will finished on all 4 sides. Just the bottom 2 feet. Above...
  2. AlpaChhino

    I'm Looking For This Tile Timber grey hand scraped wood effect

    Hi I'm looking for Timber grey hand scraped wood effect porcelain floor tile 1200*233 which was once stocked by total tiles. Anyone know where I can get this product??
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    Replacing tiles currently laid on ply wood

    Waterproofing a small shower room in a loft conversion. Original tiles laid on ply wood. Solutions offered are: lay ditromat (but there is not much space under existing tiles and may raise the floor too much in relation to shower tray. Or replace ply wood with hardi board. Any views?
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    Tiling on wood boards

    Good evening all, After a weekend tiling I kitchen I figured out this morning the tile adhesive do not attach to the floor as you can see on the pictures. A nightmare. Not sure what type of wood floor this is, see picture attached. Here is the process I followed: Priming. I used the BAL BOND...
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    tilling onto wood in shower room

    hi, im looking to put right a mistake that was made previously in a shower room. i have a 1400 shower tray in a room that is 1480 wide, so at the end of the shower there was a gap that had been filled in with ply and then tiled over, this failed and i have taken the tiles off. my question is how...
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    tiling over wood and concrete

    Hi I'm not sure about the best preparation to tile over an area that has both wooden floor and concrete (with underfloor heating in). I'm thinking about tiling with porcelain planks. should the prep be plywood with staggered joins (perhaps made of 2 layers glued with staggered joins) nailed to...
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    Wood effect tiling advice

    Having a look at some of those wood effect porcelain tiles. Ideally engineered wood would have been handy but it’s not practical in a kitchen. Some places are over £100/sqm others are 30/sqm. So what really is the difference? For domestic use especially.
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    I'm Looking For This Tile County Marfil 25x40; grey wood marble listelli 4x25

    I’m looking for these tiles - can anyone help?
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    I'm Looking For This Tile Original Style tiles

    Does anyone have any Original Style Lignum wood effect CB05-025-10016 shade G181 please?
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    Will this adhesive be ok for around wood burner insert?

    Hi, I tiled around my fireplace last night with Weber fix plus tile adhesive which withstands up to 100C...I thought that would be ok for what I need it for as I'm not tiling underneath or in the actual alcove that my wood burner will sit in. However, after doing more research AFTER tiling...
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    I'm Looking For This Tile topps tile grey wood effect ceramic tiles

    Looking for spare tiles of the attached, believed to be from topps tile from a discontinued range called woodgrain, a ceramic tile wood effect in grey. thank you !
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    Concrete to wood subfloor

    Recently had an entry addition put on my house. I’m wanting to tile the floor from the split level stairs to the concrete entry way, I know I will have to use backer board on the plywood subfloor at the base of the stairs but how do I ensure Its level across the old doorway and into the concrete...
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    I Have Spare Tiles Villeroy and Boch porcelain wood effect tiles

    Villeroy and Boch porcelain wood effect tiles - Halston Brown 222x897. I have 7 tiles remaining, paid £90 for them, and happy to obtain £45. Art: 2131 Code: 11087C-10 Colour: PC8V
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    Laying plank wood effect tiles

    I'm planning to diy lay some plank wood effect tiles, size 114x20 and would appreciate advice in terms of what I'll be doing These are 9mm porcelain rectified tiles, so I'm thinking to go with a 3mm grout line, is this ok? As these are large format tiles I'll be using a 10x20mm notch trowel...
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    Tile trim for 7mm floor tiles - Also tiling on Wood one side and Quarry tiles the other

    What trim size do i need for a 7mm floor tile and whats the best flexi adeasive to use on part quary floor & floor boards and how much do i need for 8sqm
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    Curved boundary threshold between wood and tiles

    Hi there, First-time poster. We're tiling a kitchen area and laying solid oak flooring in the living area. There will be a boundary between wood and porcelain tiles curved in an 'S' shape (see attached sketch). I know the wood needs space to expand so the tiles can't meet up and touch the wood...
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    My 1st Job Wood Plank Tiles - Questions?

    Hi, I have a few questions I hope you guys can help me with? I move into my new build house in a few months. We’ve decided to tile the en-suite and bathroom on the first floor, a total of about 6m2. As far as I am aware the floor will be chipboard of some sort. I’ve never tiled but my dad...
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    Floor spacer sizes for wood effect porcelain tiles

    Hi, it's probably been asked before but here goes anyway. I believe the British standard recommends a minimum of 3mm spacers when laying floor tiles bit I'm looking at laying some 900x150mm wood effect porcelain tiles and was wondering if I can go less than 3mm? It's onto a good concrete base...
  19. Stuart Retter

    Wood 22 UFH system, floor prep and coverings ?

    We are due to start tiling over the Terra Therma Wood 22 UFH heating system. What concerns me is the reflective plates that sit in the routed timber floor boards, they seem to be loose laid..... do you latex over them first or can you use a decoupling membrane direct on to the substate...
  20. Fitwidge

    Porcelain Porcelain wood plank tile (waxman)

    Has anybody installed the wood plank tiles from waxmans? I’ve been setting them out but theres lippage on every tile at either end also! (Floor is level btw) So just wondering if there supposed to be like than to give it a ‘plank effect’ if that doesn’t sound daft. ha! (Installing in my...
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