Decks & Landscaping
Design
Timber decking - design criteria
Durability
Introduction
Designing for Durability - Introduction
Design
Design for Durability - Specifications
Durability and the control of moisture change in timber structures
Design for Durability - Shielding
Design for Durability - Isolation
Design for Durability - Moisture Traps and Contact Areas
Ventilation of internal spaces
Condensation
Allowance for movement due to shrinkage
Design for durability - Shrinkage Restraint
Design for Durability - Type of Member
Durability - Timber Grades and Size
Durability of timber and durability classes
Design for Durability - Maintenance
Design for Durability - Corrosion Resistance of Fasteners
Design for Durability - Finishing
Design for Durability - Glued Products
Design for Durability - Fastener Selection
Termite protection
Hazards
Hazard Conditions and Protection - Introduction
Weathering of timber
Damage to timber by insects
Fungal decay
Chemical resistance of timber
Marine hazards for timber
Hazard levels and the durability of timber
Hazard Conditions and Protection - Chemical
Lyctid Borer
The Anobium borer (furniture beetle)
Performance requirements
Design Life and Reliability
Performance Requirements for Durability - Costs
Preservatives
Introduction to Preservative Treatments
Preservative Treatment of Reconstituted Timber Products
Is Preservative Treatment Necessary?
Preservative Treatment Requirements
Use of preservative treated timber
Uses of Treated Pine
Preservative Treatments - Copper azole
External cladding
Design
Selection criteria for external cladding
Design for cladding
The use of sarking with external timber cladding
Flashing used with external timber cladding
The use of vapour barriers in construction
Wood and its origins
External timber cladding standards
Sizes and profiles of external timber cladding boards
Moisture content and fixing of external cladding
The storage and handling of external timber cladding.
Installation
Recommendations for fastening of external timber cladding
Treatment of joints between external cladding boards
Treatment prior to finishing of external timber cladding.
Finishing and Maintenance
Finishes
Wood and its origins
Polyurethane coating of particleboard flooring
Drying of moisture curing polyurethanes
Finish options for timber
Types of clear finish for interior use
Maintenance
The maintenance and cleaning of internal timber finishes
Rectification
Delamination - A case history
Flooring
Design
Insulation of timber floors - design criteria
Design criteria for timber floors
Flooring Insulation - criteria for improvement
Overlay strip flooring - design and installation criteria
Parquetry - installation criteria
Standards of flatness for timber flooring
Suspended timber floors
Sub-floor ventilation
Sound control in floors and ceilings
Wood and its origins
Parquetry - description
Description of tongue and groove flooring
Australian timber species suitable for flooring
Installation
Pre-installation care of tongue and groove flooring
Maintenance
Caring for a polyurethane coated timber floor
Maintaining a commercial hardwood floor
Rectification
Flooring - common causes of floor deflection
Mould growth on sub-floor timber
Shrinkage of tongue and groove strip floors
Edge gluing due to coating
Safety
Health and safety information on floor coatings
Finishes
Guidelines for finishing solid strip flooring
Parquetry - finishing
Gloss reduced polyurethane coatings
Health and safety information on cured polyurethane
Application of polyurethane timber floor coatings during winter
Internal lining
Design
Pine panelling and boarding - the effects of moisture variation
Installation
Pine panelling - storage and protection
Pine panelling and boarding - fixing criteria
Pine panelling and boarding - installation
Hardwood Processing
Hardwood Drying 'Best Practice'
Australian Hardwood Drying Best Practice Manual
Production Flow & Stages of Drying for Australian Hardwoods
Multi-Residential Timber Framed Construction
Design
Transmission of sound through doors and windows
Sound Transmission Class (STC) and Sound Insulation
Impact Sound Transmission through Walls
Effect of connections on sound transmission through walls
Timber Sound Control Walls
Plywood
Timber Tops for Concrete Slabs
Design considerations of timber or plywood tops for concrete slabs
Plywood flooring over battens on concrete
Plywood Bracing
Plywood bracing - introduction and advantages
Plywood wind bracing – standard solutions
Wood and its origins
Laminated Veneer Lumber - External Applications
Laminated Veneer Lumber - Handling and Storage
Applications
Australian Standards and Quality Assurance for plywood external cladding
Products & Characteristics
Product Certification and Quality for Plywood
Structural products
Design
Load transfer errors from roof to ground at lintel & floor levels
Adhesives
Introduction to adhesives
Construction Adhesives
Adhesive Classifications
Thermosetting Adhesives
Thermoplastic Adhesives
Choice of adhesive
Affect of timber species on adhesive bond
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Moisture Content
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Surface Quality and Treatments
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Adhesive Spread
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Assembly Time
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Formulation and Ambient Temperature
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Adhesive Mix
Factors Affecting the Adhesive Bond - Pressure and Temperature
Glulam
Strength and stiffness of glued laminated timber
Timber species for glue laminated timber
Shapes of Glue Laminated Timber
Fire Resistance of Glued Laminated Timber
Introduction to Glue Laminated Timber
Manufacture and quality control of glue laminated timber
Adhesives for Glue Laminated Timber
Nail plated products
Pre-Fabricated Trusses - Handling, Storage and Erection
Pre-Fabricated Trusses - Introduction, Types and Applications
Pre-Fabricated Trusses - Specification
Nailplate Joined Timber - Applications
Nailplate Joined Timber – Structural Properties and Appearance
Nailplate Joined Timber - Handling and Storage
Nailplate Joined Structural Timber - Introduction and Product Types
Wood panels
Reconstituted Wood Panels - Introduction
Timber properties
Species
Macrocarpa pine - properties and grading
Description of rubberwood
Characteristics
Wood structure - sapwood and heartwood
Colour variation in timber
The definition of grain
Description of wood texture
Description of figure
Definition and description of timber density
The effects of temperature variation on timber
Joint design and joint groups
Timber Hardness
Thermal Properties: expansion and insulation
Electrical Conductivity of Timber
Acoustic properties of timber
Corrosive action of wood on metals
Insulation properties of wood
Softwoods and Hardwoods
Fire Resistance Level
Preservatives
Preservative Treatments - Boron Salts
Preservative Treatment - Light Organic Solvent Preservatives (LOSP's)
Preservative Treatments - Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA)
Preservative Treatments - Creosote
Quality Assurance of Preservative Treatment
Commentary on AS1604 1997 (Preservative treated timber)
Preservative Treatments - Ammonium Copper Quaternary (ACQ)
Safety
Material Safety with Timber and Timber Products
Timber grades and grading
Description of timber strength and stress grading.
Grading of Radiata Pine
Moisture Content
Definition and description of moisture content
Moisture movement
Moisture movement and shrinkage
Safe Working Practices with Timber
Measuring moisture content
Veneer
Rectification
Veneer cracking and splitting
Veneer - the problems of delamination
Veneer Discolouration