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Module Sizes

April 15, 2019

About Michael Roemen

Michael Roemen previously served as 9Wood's Marketing Manager. Over 15 years with 9Wood, he worked in design assist, estimating, and rep support. His family teases him because he will drive out of the way to go see a building. Born and raised in Oregon, his favorite species is Douglas fir.

The economic advantage of specifying standard module sizes is clear. What is not so clear is the decision tree necessary to determine the standard module in any given application.

Our architectural support team can help you specify for best yield, while helping your budget.

Hardwood, softwood, and veneers on substrates have different guidelines, dictated by the wood product supply chains.

1100 Cross Piece Grille at the N-V Overton, Portland, OR. ZGF Architects.

Raw material selections

9Wood’s architectural support team will guide you through these parameters so you can specify for best yield, while helping your budget. In general, industry-wide module sizes follow one of three raw material selections:

  • Veneers (standard raw material modules are 4’x8′ and 4’x10’ sheet goods) — Specifying a 24″ x 24″ panel produces a good yield. A 30″ x 30″ panel produces a poor yield.
  • Hardwood (standard modules are 3/4″ net thickness by random width) — Specifying a 3/4″ thick x 2-1/4″ wide member (slat) produces a good yield. A 1″ thick x 2-1/4″ wide member produces a poor yield.
  • Softwood (nominal dimensional sizes — a 2” x 4” nets out at 1-1/2″ x 3-1/2″) — Specifying a 5/8″ x 3-1/4″ finished member produces a good yield. A 1″ x 2-3/4″ finished member produces a poor yield.

Of course, off-module sizes are available. However, they carry cost and schedule implications.

Whatever modules you may have in mind, we are happy to review your drawings and offer input for how to best optimize yield, while maintaining your design intent as closely as possible.

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