Glulam Roof Structures

Structural wood systems is a single source supplier capable of satisfying all your requirements for glued laminated timber glulam from your initial inquiry through delivery of the finished product.

Glulam roof structures.

When compared to concrete and steel glulam can produce a lighter weight structure with a lesser carbon footprint that is much stronger pound for pound. The beautiful cost efficient solution to your design and budget criteria. Glulams are versatile and innovative construction materials used widely in commercial as well as residential projects. Glulam is stronger than steel at comparable weights.

It is light weight and retains its shape. The number one source for structural glued laminated timber glulam. Glulam beams laid on their flat and used as floor or roof panels are known as glt panels see glue laminated timber panels. Glued laminated timber or glulam is the beating heart of timber engineering.

The term glulam is an abbreviated term that stands for glue laminated timber. Its thermal properties help prevent cold bridging. The exceptional structure for almost 50 years we have been producing bespoke glulam structures for all uses residential industrial commercial sports leisure agricultural and public assembly buildings. A glulam is made with multiple layers of solid wood lumber bonded together with high strength adhesive to form a single structural unit.

Our glued laminated timber offers excellent statics qualities. Glulam is a stress rated engineered wood beam composed of wood laminations or lams that are bonded together with durable moisture resistant adhesives. Glulam allows a high degree of prefabrication and long structural spans where necessary but is equally effective for shorter spans. Strength for long spans.

Glulam can work behind the scenes too as trusses purlins floor beams cantilevers and other necessary structural elements. A variety of structural components can be formed using glulam including parallel beams pre cambered beams sloped beams curved beams flight beams and trusses. The grain of the laminations runs parallel with the length of the member. From simple load bearing systems to major timber frame structures and complete wood structure solutions.

Several layers of spruce wood are glued together in the direction of the grain and processed into customised glulam elements. Shelton structures is a leading manufacturer of laminated roof decking lock deck and custom glulam beams. In addition to our primary products we produce customer specific engineered wood products. In north america the material providing the laminations is termed laminating stock or lamstock.

Glulam has found use as floor and roof decking planks as well. We offer the full range from cad planning to production delivery and assembly. Builders often refer collectively to all types of laminated beams or other laminated structural wood materials as glulams.