Glulam Advantages

Glulam is a kind of glued laminated timber, an engineered wood product. Large glulam members are known as laminates, they are produced from smaller pieces of stress from seasoned and graded timber. In 1900th, it was used in Germany and it came to Australia construction until 1950th. Glulam now is often used for building structure and decoration. Moreover, the best advantage which use in residential houses is the high resistance of fire. Larger section of glulam like beams, have high fire resistance meanwhile keep load-bearing requirements and structural form for long periods.glulam will not twist or spall in fire when compare with steel and reinforced concrete (wood solution, 2016).

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Figure 5 source from http://www.woodsolutions.com.au