Glue Laminated Garage Door Header

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Glue laminated garage door header.

Lvl is ideal for floor beams garage doors window and door headers and ridge and hip beams. Multiple pieces of boise versa lam laminated veneer lumber can be assembled for greater thicknesses that can carry even heavier loads across even longer spans. Loading conditions are detailed below. The assembled header can be clamped or laid flat under a weight to allow the glue to dry thoroughly.

The strength properties of glulam headers combined with their availability in common framing widths makes them well suited to these key structural applications. Glulam is an ideal choice for garage door headers and headers over both large and small window openings. Do this with plywood strips layered between the three 1 1 2 inch by 11 1 2 inch boards. 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.

Refer to sfpa s publication southern pine headers beams download in publications that includes all size selection and allowable load tables. Timber technologies glue laminated beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber and pound for pound stronger than steel. Also see assumptions for table development. Unlike other engineered wood products our glulam beams are able to accept many different types of treatment.

Ordinary nail assembly installs as easily as ordinary lumber.