Beautiful Structural Support Beam
Like LVL and glulam this product is used for beam and header applications where high bending strength is needed.
Structural support beam. Timber Technologies Glue Laminated Beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber and pound for pound stronger than steel. 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. Timber Trusses - Custom Manufactured Any Shape or Length.
The length-to-thickness ratio of the strands in PSL is around 300. The structural member which resists the forces laterally or transversely applied to the beam axis is called a beam. PSL is manufactured from veneers clipped into long strands laid in parallel formation and bonded together with an adhesive to form the finished structural section.
In addition we produce other custom structuralarchitectural products such as large corbels and solid uniform poles and diameter columns. Steel Beams are widely used throughout the construction industry when supporting heavy loads is required. Typically in basements these posts will be structural steel concrete or built up wood posts made from pieces of standard dimensional lumber 2 bys all nailed together side by side.
So I am a relatively new inspector and structural is my area of least experience. I have a home with a structural wood beam in the basement which is being supported by the foundation wall on both ends and by two steel jacks intermediately spaced between. The loads act transversely to the longitudinal axis which produces the shear forces and bending moment.
The idea behind sizing headers and beams is straight-forward. Add together all live loads and dead loads that act on the member and then choose a material that will resist the load. Its mode of deflection is primarily by bending.
A beam is a horizontal structural member in a building to resist the lateral loads applied to the beams axis. The job of headers and beams is a simple one. Now we will need to support that center floor beam with posts.