Glulam Beams
Glulam (glued laminated timber) is available in a wide range of species, including softwoods such as spruce, Douglas fir or larch, and hardwoods such as oak, ash and chestnut.
Glulam is formed from thin strips, or ‘lamella’, of fresh sawn timber. The lamella are then kiln-dried, graded for defects and glued together under compression to form beams. This engineered timber provides an extremely strong and stable material for construction. It can be used in place of steel as an engineering solution, providing straight and uniform timbers to bespoke lengths, and allows highly bespoke shapes and structures to be made to measure.
The engineering grading of glulam is consistent in the softwood and hardwood categories, though the natural durability of the different species ranges markedly when used externally. We can advise on naturally durable options, or the coatings that can be applied to glulam to achieve the project requirements.