Glulam Beam Roof Details

Glulam is a stress rated engineered wood beam composed of wood laminations or lams that are bonded together with durable moisture resistant adhesives.

Glulam beam roof details. Glue laminated glulam beams timber technologies glue laminated beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber and pound for pound stronger than steel. The grain of the laminations runs parallel with the length of the member. Our versa lam lvl is manufactured in either alexandria lena louisiana in eastern united states or in white city oregon for the western united states. Glulam is versatile ranging from simple straight beams to complex curved members.

Boise glulam beam products are manufactured with exterior grade or wet use adhesives that comply with all recognized standards. Glulam members are composed of individual pieces of dimension lumber. 3 1 8 3 1 2 5 1 8 and 5 1 2 inches. Glued laminated timber glulam beams are highly engineered components manu factured from specially selected and positioned lumber laminations of varying strength and stiffness properties.

Stock beams manufactured in common dimensions are cut to length when the beam is ordered from a distributor or dealer. The benefit of the boise glulam beams is the flexibility of the product. Our beams are manufactured in a variety of widths and depths with lengths up to 66 feet with or without camber. When compared to concrete and steel glulam can produce a lighter weight structure with a lesser carbon footprint that is much stronger pound for pound.

Glulam roof beams if the proposed design of your roof is not achievable using a conventional truss design then sydenhams can incorporate glulam laminated beams to provide support intermediately or as a design statement the beams can be left exposed to provide maximum impact. Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures. The design possibilities are virtually limitless. A variety of structural components can be formed using glulam including parallel beams pre cambered beams sloped beams curved beams flight beams and trusses.

Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts. Glulam beams are commonly available in stock sizes that are manufactured for a variety of residential applications. Metal bearing plate flashing plastic bearing plates etc sized for bearing of glulam beam untreated structural composite lumber or glulam beam decay over bearing when no moisture. Typical stock beam widths used in residential construction include.

Our titan timber beams resist checking and twisting and are job site ready with one piece construction and more cost efficient than lvl and psl. The pieces are end jointed together to produce long lengths that are then bonded together with adhesives to create the required beam dimensions.