HEM FIR • UTILITY GRADE – LIGHT FRAMING
        Characteristics permitted and limiting provisions shall be:
        
          
            Checks - seasoning checks not limited. Through checks at ends are limited as splits. 
               
                            Knots - not limited as to quality but are well spaced and are permitted in the following sizes or their equivalent displacement: 
              
                
                  Nom.  
                  Width | 
                  Anywhere on 
                  Wide Face | 
                  Holes 
                    (any cause)*
                   | 
                 
                
                  | 2" | 
                  1 1/4" | 
                  1" | 
                 
                
                  | 3" | 
                  2" | 
                  1 1/4" | 
                 
                
                  | 4" | 
                  2 1/2" | 
                  1 1/2" | 
                 
               
              *holes maximum permission: one hole or equivalent smaller holes per 1 lin. ft.  
              Manufacture - Standard “F” Manuacture admits: very heavy torn grain; raised grain; very heavy loosened grain; heavy machine bite; machine gouge; heavy machine offset; chip marks; knife marks; medium wavy dressing; medium mismatch. 
                 
            Pitch & Pitch Streaks - not limited. 
             
                        Pockets - pitch or bark, not limited.  | 
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            Shake - surface shakes permitted. If through at edges or ends, limited as splits. Elsewhere, through shakes 1/3 the length, scattered along the length.  
               
                            Skips - hit or miss, with a maximum of 10% of the pieces containing heavy skips. 
               
              Slope of Grain - 1 in 4. 
               
              Splits - equal to 1/6 the length of the piece. 
               
                            Stain - stained wood, not limited. 
               
                            Unsound Wood - spots or streaks limited to 1/3 the cross section at any point along the length. Must not destroy nailing edge. 
               
              Wane - 1/2 the thickness and 1/2 the width full length or equivalent on each face, provided that wane not exceed 7/8 the thickness or 3/4 the width for up to 1/4 the length. 
               
            Warp - medium. 
             
            White Speck & Honey Comb - firm.  |