Laminate Hardwood Timber Beams
In north america the material providing the laminations is termed laminating stock or lamstock.
Laminate hardwood timber beams. Our laminated timber beams and posts are constructed using australian hardwood or softwood. 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. Laminated timber beams are lighter than other constructional timbers and can be produced in a wider variety of shapes and sizes. The hardwoods have linear quarter sawn grain for stability no knots and are naturally.
With unique strength and a rich textured appearance courtesy of premium native hardwood hyne timber s beam 21 makes a bold design statement that can truly define an internal or external space. Laminated timber is also ideal for the more environmentally conscious. Laminated beam are made by gluing timber together under pressure and heat. This adds to a building s beauty and strength.
The resulting product is strong stable and rigid with significant advantages over structural steel and concrete. 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. Glued laminated timber beams also called glulam is a type of structural engineered wood product comprising a number of layers of dimensioned lumber bonded together with durable moisture resistant structural adhesives. Beam 21 can substitute steel beams in many high load long span applications while intrinsically exhibiting a deep rich organic aesthetic that only exotic hardwood can provide.
Ideal application for glulam hardwood laminated beams is for exposed beams lintels purloin rafters joists bearers hanging beams and posts. These are a very dry and stable laminated timber beams. Appearance grade gl17 kwila laminated beams. Specify codemarked h5 posts with prolam pro automatically calculates.
This product comes in a variety of sizes. Hyne timber beam 21 is suitable for indoor and outdoor above ground applications in australia. Unilam gl18 hardwood glulam beams are made from select tasmanian oak and vic ash plantations these timbers offer an extremely durable and high structural grade and are the preferable choice over the unilam gl17 slash pine beams when a light appearance is specified. We manufacture glulam beams lvl timber posts wood flooring timber crib retaining wall systems and much more.
The manufacture distribution and treatment of laminated beams all consume less energy than any other building materials.