Laminated Timber Roof Beams

Timber technologies glue laminated beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber and pound for pound stronger than steel.

Laminated timber roof beams.

Disney development company desired to build an aesthetic ice. 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. Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures. Most interior beams need to include the roof load.

Glulam beams manufactured by apa members are certified with the apa trademark. Clt offers design flexibility and low environmental impacts. If there is are any questions about anything else then you should contact your supplier or an engineer. These tables are provided as a guideline.

Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties. Looking for roof trusses floor joists glulam beams or laminated timber products. Call dunscar timber on 44 0 1204 301671 now. The resulting product is strong stable and rigid with significant advantages over structural steel and concrete.

Glue laminated glulam beams. Anaheim ice located in anaheim california is also an example of using glued laminated timber. Some of those options include laminated veneer and strand lumbers i joist and rim boards glulam beams and laminated columns as well as panel products. This calculator matches up with 90 of the applications in the 2012 international residential code book.

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. Table specifications are provided with each table indicating conditions and assumptions used to calculate the loads. To learn more about trusses you can visit midwest manufacturing where you will also be able to request a quote from our truss designers. Cross laminated timber clt is a large scale prefabricated solid engineered wood panel.

The manufacture distribution and treatment of laminated beams all consume less energy than any other building materials. The roof includes 2 400 cubic metres of douglas fir lamstock lumber in glulam beams. Laminated beam are made by gluing timber together under pressure and heat. It has been my experience to never use a beam smaller than a two ply 2 x 8.

Aitc beam capacity tables. Lightweight yet very strong with superior acoustic fire seismic and thermal performance clt is also fast and easy to install generating almost no waste onsite.