Glulam allows a high degree of prefabrication and long structural spans where necessary but is equally effective for shorter spans.
Glulam roof structures.
Structural wood systems is an alabama united states based full service glulam manufacturer.
Its thermal properties help prevent cold bridging.
Shelton structures is a leading manufacturer of laminated roof decking lock deck and custom glulam beams in addition to our primary products we produce customer specific engineered wood products.
Glulam beams are manufactured using a lamination process and are made from mainly spruce but also redwood and siberian larch all sourced from sustainable forests.
We are a designer and manufacturer of wooden components and glulam structures since 1967 simonin continues to develop and innovate to meet your projects requirements.
According to structurecraft and the structural timber association the length of glulam panels are only limited by fabrication and shipping constraints.
One of the earliest still standing glulam roof structures is generally acknowledged to be the assembly room of king edward vi college a school in bugle street southampton england dating from 1866 designed by josiah george poole the building is now the marriage room of southampton register office.
Diverse and versatile parallel chords ridged roof trusses fishbelly bowstring truss timber frames and single pitch trusses.
Theoretically glulam panels can span any imaginable length and to date roof areas exceeding 100 000 square meters have been constructed using glulam framing.
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.
Sws is a leading custom glued laminated timber manufacturer and provides one single source supplier for projects over the entire united states.
They are bonded using an adhesive that is both water and weather resistant.
Glue laminated timber glulam is a structural engineered wood product commonly used for beams and columns in residential and commercial applications.
Our glulam structures are manufactured to order with an efficient use of material in mind and offer top load bearing capacities.
It is a highly visible form of mass timber in contemporary projects with long spans framing signature designs left exposed to take advantage of wood s natural aesthetic.
Established in 1977 in shelton washington and later relocating to chehalis washington we have been committed to producing a high quality and diverse product line.
We can service all bespoke projects using knowledge gained over many years many that have used our large range of products whether the requirement is simple or complex straight or curved.
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.
