Laminated Wood Trusses

Because of the laminated construction technique beam depth can be supplied much larger than solid timbers which are normally limited to 16 20 inches of depth with beams up to 60 deep having been manufactured.

Laminated wood trusses. 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 standard truss configurations listed here can be fabricated by using straight glulam glue laminated beams. These beams supplied by certified glulam manufacturers are fabricated by gluing multiple layers laminations of solid wood typically 0 25 1 5 thick into a large beam. Glulam beams manufactured by apa members are certified with the apa trademark.

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 apa mark of quality. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts. 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. Swc can fabricate trusses using straight glulams of sizes similar to solid wood. The mark signifies that the manufacturer is committed to a rigorous program of quality verification and testing and that products are manufactured in conformance with ansi standard a190 1 standard for wood products structural glued laminated timber.