"T" - Glossary of Post Frame Industry Terms

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Tensile Strength - The longitudinal pulling stress a material can bear without tearing apart.

Threaded Nail - A type of nail with either annual or helical threads in the shank. Generally made from hardened steel and have smaller diameters than common nails of similar length.

Timber - Wood members five or more nominal inches in the least direction.

Top Chord - An inclined or horizontal member establishing the top of a truss.

Transit (or Building Level) - A surveyor's instrument in which a telescope is mounted horizontally. Parallel to the ground, it can be used to determine a level point or points.

Trim (or Flashing) - Light gauge metal used to cover exposed edges of steel claddings, especially around openings and at intersection of surfaces, or bare untreated lumber. Generally includes: base, eave, jambs, around windows and doors, fascia, varges and ridge.

Twist - A curl or spiral of a piece of lumber along its length. Measured by laying lumber on a flat surface so three corners contact the surface. The amount of twist is equal to the distance between the flat surface and the corner not contacting the surface.

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