Glulam Roof Structures

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.
Glulam roof structures. Glulam beams laid on their flat and used as floor or roof panels are known as glt panels see glue laminated timber panels. Its thermal properties help prevent cold bridging. Glulam allows a high degree of prefabrication and long structural spans where necessary but is equally effective for shorter spans. Glulam frame of a roof structure glued laminated timber also abbreviated glulam is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable moisture resistant structural adhesives.
Versa lam lvl size chart laminated beam span tables charts. The apa mark of quality. Glulam support systems are prime examples of the unique character of timber engineering. Diverse and versatile parallel chords ridged roof trusses fishbelly bowstring truss timber frames and single pitch 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. Rafter to ridge beam connection framing roof ceiling construction structural ridge beam absolute deflection in a ridge beam structural ridge beam tricks of the trade. Theoretically glulam panels can span any imaginable length and to date roof areas exceeding 100 000 square meters have been constructed using glulam framing. The term glulam is an abbreviated term that stands for glue laminated timber.
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. Our glulam structures are manufactured to order with an efficient use of material in mind and offer top load bearing capacities. Sws is a leading custom glued laminated timber manufacturer and provides one single source supplier for projects over the entire united states. A glulam is made with multiple layers of solid wood lumber bonded together with high strength adhesive to form a single structural unit.
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. According to structurecraft and the structural timber association the length of glulam panels are only limited by fabrication and shipping constraints. Builders often refer collectively to all types of laminated beams or other laminated structural wood materials as glulams.