Douglas Fir Glulam Beams

We produce a broad range of douglas fir glue laminated timber products as well as high quality lumber including western species studs and dimension lumber.

Douglas fir glulam beams. Other column combinations frequently used are comb. Our glulams have an architectural appearance meaning that the exposed faces have been sanded and the all exposed corners have an eased edge. Treated glulam beams can be used in applications where the beam will be exposed to weather insects sunlight and high moisture conditions. 5 stronger and more expensive and comb.

By laminating a number of smaller pieces of timber a single large strong structural member is manufactured from smaller pieces. This is the most common column layup used in our plants. Boise glulam beams are available sfi chain of custody or certified sourcing to earn leed or ngbs green building credits. Timbers come in various grades of douglas fir redwood cedar and treated options.

Key fire rated glulam beams when wood beams are subjected to fire the sides and bottom burn and char. Founded in oregon s lush willamette valley rosboro is north america s largest producer of glulam beams. Poc is a naturally resistant species that is a green alternative to pressure treated wood. Glulam beams are 2x4 or 2x6 douglas fir dimensional lumber layered and laminated together with durable moisture resistant structural adhesives.

Other uses include golf atv and snowmobile bridges crane mats and boardwalks. These tables provide cross sectional area section modulus and moment of inertia for both x x and y y axis for standard glulam sizes. Table specifications are provided with each table indicating conditions and assumptions used to calculate the loads. Douglas fir larch western species section properties.

Rosboro started as a lumber mill over 100 years ago and since 1963 has remained a leader through innovation. Manufactured from douglas fir larch or alaska yellow cedar. These beams are 24f 1 8e or combination 50 syp. A history of building better.

Alaska yellow cedar is a naturally resistant species that is a green alternative to pressure treated wood. One of the original engineered wood products. Timbers and beams are a great way to add beauty and weight to any project. Douglas fir glulam glued laminated timber glulam is a structural engineered product created by laying dimensional lumber together and bonding them with structural adhesives.

Timber and beams are also characteristically larger than 4 6 in dimension however we carry anything from 3x8x12 to 8x16x24 either in stock or quickly available from one of our many reloads. The douglas fir comb. Boise glulam beams are available sfi chain of custody or certified sourcing to earn leed or ngbs green building credits. Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties.

Aitc beam capacity tables. Manufactured from douglas fir larch or port orford cedar poc. 3 layup shown on the left works well with these stresses. This allows for the manufacture of an endless variety of creative shapes and sizes that will always maintain structural integrity.