furring strip


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furring strip

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(Building) a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc. Sometimes shortened to: furring
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Noun1.furring strip - strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
strip - thin piece of wood or metal
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That makes it a lot easier to get the furring strip, or whatever you're working with, exactly where you want it.
I accomplished this by attaching a 6-foot furring strip (a 1-by-2 or 2-by-2 will work too) to the top of the garden bed frame just off center as a place to tie nylon mason string.
At the top of each post, put an 18-inch or random length section of furring strip so it leans out over the deer side of the fence away from your garden.
Then, place the conduit hoops into the holes on the 8' 2 x 4s and slip the drilled furring strip to the top.
Adhesion created by the mortar keeps the tiles on the wall; an edge from a furring strip tacked to the wall or a few drywall screws keeps them from slipping.
I nailed a 1 x 4 furring strip over the ends of the stock panels which gives me an even surface to pull the covering to, and protects the plastic from any rough wire ties or stock panel ends.
furring strip on the hinge side (Photo 6) and possibly even have to add another one to the latch side (Photo 11).
The "rigid foam and furring strip" methods uses up less floor space and the foam can withstand some moisture, but it costs more, can be harder to install, and can make wiring and plumbing more difficult.
The two pieces of furring strip are bolted through the extension handles to spread the new handles snugly inside the old handles and clamp the new ones in place.
Set up the string and shim an entire strip (Photo 7), then reposition the blocks and string onto the next furring strip and repeat the process until the ceiling is done.
Space shallow furring strips over the foil and attach the mirrors to the strips.
Using stainless steel bolts, he attached wood furring strips along the top, center and bottom of the exterior gunwales.