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What (who) is furring strip - definition

THIN STRIPS OF MATERIAL USED IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING SUCH STRIPS
Furring strip; Furring strips; Firring; Furred; Furing; Furred ceiling
  • Vertical, metal ''furring'' is applied to the wall to create a channel and receive the siding material
  • alt=A Furring "is performed by ripping off the planks, and putting second timbers upon the first timbers, and upon them again other planks. And all this is done to make a ship to bear a better sail" (Perrin 1929, 92).

furring strip         
¦ noun a length of wood tapering to nothing, used in roofing and other construction work.
Furred         
·Impf & ·p.p. of Fur.
Furring         
·vt The strips thus laid on.
II. Furring ·vt Double planking of a ship's side.
III. Furring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Fur.
IV. Furring ·vt A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.
V. Furring ·noun The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. ·see Fur, ·vt, 3.

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Furring

In construction, furring (furring strips) are strips of wood or other material applied to a structure to level or raise the surface, to prevent dampness, to make space for insulation, to level and resurface ceilings or walls, or to increase the beam of a wooden ship. Furring refers to the process of installing the strips and to the strips themselves. Firring is a U.K. term for wood strips which are usually 50 mm wide, tapered and fixed above wood roof joists to provide drainage falls below roof boarding. Furring strips themselves are typically referred to as battens in the U.K. and sometimes the material is called strapping in the U.S.