Common applications for curved laminated products are.
Curved glue laminated wood beams.
Can manufacture a variety of different types of curved glulams including the standard constant radius curve tudor arches and peak and cambered glulams.
Contact us via glulam sales department.
Glulam uses stress rated seasoned and selected timbers usually radiata pine or douglas fir.
The glue lines are usually exaggerated on the cut side.
Timberlab glulam timber beams are load bearing structural members for roofs floors and other construction situations e g.
Pitched and tapered beams taper from the tangent point to a minimum end depth to provide maximum economy.
Glue laminated timber glulam is a structural engineered wood product commonly used for beams and columns in residential and commercial applications.
Arched ceilings and rafters.
If both sides are to be exposed request our nearly invisible glue or a coverboard.
Optimal roof pitch is 2 12 to 3 12 though other roof pitches are possible.
We can manufacture most custom curved shapes including s curves side curves parabolic arches double compound curves and tight radius curves with a radius as tight as 2 0.
This is done by either cutting a curve into one side of a straight beam or by making a straight cut on one side of a curved beam.
The curved beams to the right are part of an outdoor stage near sedona arizona.
Curved and arched glulams calvert co inc.
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.
These glulam beams follow the straight roof pitch on their top edge while the bottom forms a radius curve.