Most lumber is sold in “nominal” (in name only) sizes. But these sizes are not the actual dimensions of the wood. The chart below shows the actual dimensions of lumber when it is dry (when wet ...

It seems our legal eagles have a concern over the insufficient dimensions of their wood ... use of so-called nominal sizing in the sale of lumber. If you have ever bought commercial lumber ...

But the lumber in question is labeled only with a nominal size — 4x4 - 10’, for example — that consists of numbers “arranged in a way to represent the dimensions of the products,” the ...