Unlike other engineered wood products our glulam beams are able to accept many different types of treatment.
Glue laminated garage door header.
Laminated veneer lumber lvl strand lumber at menards whoops.
Do this with plywood strips layered between the three 1 1 2 inch by 11 1 2 inch boards.
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.
Refer to sfpa s publication southern pine headers beams download in publications that includes all size selection and allowable load tables.
Also see assumptions for table development.
Multiple pieces of boise versa lam laminated veneer lumber can be assembled for greater thicknesses that can carry even heavier loads across even longer spans.
Once the glue has dried the header is ready to be cut to length and installed in wall framing.
Loading conditions are detailed below.
For each application a pdf download is available.
Glulam is an ideal choice for garage door headers and headers over both large and small window openings.
Timber technologies glue laminated beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber and pound for pound stronger than steel.
The strength properties of glulam headers combined with their availability in common framing widths makes them well suited to these key structural applications.
Lvl is ideal for floor beams garage doors window and door headers and ridge and hip beams.