Treated Laminated Strand Lumber

Engineered for consistent performance timberstrand laminated strand lumber lsl starts straight and stays straight.

Treated laminated strand lumber.

Lsl beams and columns are made by shredding wood from fast growing low value hardwood logs such as aspen birch and poplar into thin strands. However except for a footnote to table 3b that allows treated structural composite lumber scl of equal or greater capacity to be substituted for the glulam beams in the table dca 6 does not address the use of scl members such as laminated veneer lumber lvl parallel strand lumber psl laminated strand lumber lsl and oriented strand. When making a selection below to narrow your results down each selection made will reload the page to display the desired results. They cut pine aspen and other soft woods into strands less than one foot long then pressure bond them using a waterproof adhesive.

Laminated strand lumber is good for the environment and builders alike. As a result it s one of the most innovative and versatile building products available a suitable solution for a diverse range of applications such as tall walls beams rim board sill plates and so much more. These are oriented for maximum strength and glued together into 8 foot by 64 foot billets using a steam injection process which was patented by. 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.

Laminated veneer lumber lvl strand lumber. Laminated veneer lumber lvl is an engineered wood product that uses multiple layers of thin wood assembled with adhesives it is typically used for headers beams rimboard and edge forming material lvl offers several advantages over typical milled lumber. Lsl provides attributes such as high strength high stiffness and dimensional stability. Tolko s laminated strand lumber lsl includes t tec lsl and tolko lsl industrials each designed to meet the expectations of builders and manufacturers.

Pressure treated glulam beam 3 actual thickness. Treated glulam beam s can be used in applications where the beam is exposed to weather. 5 1 4 x 13 3 4 x 24 treated glulam beam. Its high strength is great for decks allowing for wider spacing between support.

Made in a factory under controlled specifications it is stronger straighter and more uniform. Laminated strand lumber lsl laminated strand lumber lsl is one of the more recent structural composite lumber scl products to come into widespread use. Lsl factories typically use soft fast growing wood in place of slow growth hardwoods.