Arched Laminated Wood Beams

Preservative treatment is common in timbers exposed to moisture and helps to insure a long service life.

Arched laminated wood beams.

Unalam glulam products are manufactured in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit your building needs. Great for decks providing an unobstructed view. Here you will learn how to laminate curved beams. They resist checking and twisting because of the use of multiple plies of kiln dried lumber bonded together with waterproof phenol resorcinol adhesive.

The open wood structure blends well with the open environment. Other uses include golf atv and snowmobile bridges crane mats and boardwalks. Laminated beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber. Rigidply rafters inc has been manufacturing glue laminated products since 1954.

The beams get their dark color from the application of a preservative applied by others. Our laminated wood is readily available and generally requires less lead time than other structural framing systems. Factory made members can be formed into any practical shape and any desired size. Treated glulam beams can be used in applications where the beam will be exposed to weather insects sunlight and high moisture conditions.

Our structural glulam units are available in columns trusses arches purlins and beams floor and roof. Have you ever wanted to build a beautiful arched bridge over a pond or creek. The flexibility of glulam beams allows for the designer s creative imagination to be realised. These beams are 24f 1 8e or combination 50 syp.