Features of the production of glued beams

Recently, a modern and high-quality timber has been used for building a house. It can be of different types depending on the processing features, the choice of wood grade, and also differ in cost and quality. It is very important to choose a good supplier, a house project and a construction team for work. Please note that you need to work with glued beams very carefully, since the material can give strong shrinkage, due to this the quality of the house will be much lower. Modern glued beam houses have an attractive appearance, since natural wood has always been distinguished by beauty. It is also not necessary to create the exterior decoration of the house, since you will get a very beautiful exterior. This also applies to external work. Consider how to choose the right project for a house from glued beams and how it is actually made.

What is glued beam

The material is a solid building material made on the basis of very thin boards that are interconnected by a strong but safe adhesive composition. In the building materials market, glued timber is considered the most reliable of all types of timber. Next, we will talk about the main stages of manufacturing:

• The choice of wood for manufacture. Pine, larch, cedar and other varieties can be used. Please note that the properties of wood greatly affect the quality and durability of the house;
• Next, you need to make thin boards - the basis of building materials. Usually modern companies order finished lumber from other companies;
• Material calibration. Please note that this is not about fitting sizes and so on, just ready-made materials are sorted;
• Drying. Be sure to carry out high-quality drying of the material. It affects the level of shrinkage at home. There are two options for drying: the use of special chambers or the process in a natural way. As a rule, the first processing option is the most reliable and fast;
• Directly processing to remove various defects of the created glued beam;
• Next, you must necessarily sort the building material in terms of strength;
• The next step is milling. It includes the creation of special incisors;
• It is necessary to glue all the thin lumber together. It is held along the length;
• Be sure to conduct a thicknessing. It allows you to make the coating smoother.