Hem Fir
Per WWPA, hem-fir is a combination of Western Hemlock and the five true firs, California Red Fir, Grand Fir, Noble Fir, Pacific Silver Fir, and White Fir.
In terms of strength, Western Hem-Fir is slightly below the douglas fir-larch species combination, and above both the douglas fir-South and spruce-pine-fir (South) species combinations. Hem-fir is useful for a multitude of general-purpose framing applications and is capable of meeting the span requirements of many installations. Since hem-fir framing lumber is nearly as strong as douglas fir-larch, it can meet many of the structural load-bearing and load-carrying requirements of residential, light commercial and heavy construction. Machine Stress-Rated (MSR) and visually graded lumber is used as components in manufacturing and engineered applications, and structural-glued/finger jointed products are recognized by U.S. building codes as interchangeable with solid-sawn lumber products of the same grade, specied and inteded end use.
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