Builder Tips: Keep Glulam Looking Its Best with Proper Storage and Handling
Builder Tip
Glued laminated timber (glulam) has an excellent track record for durability and long-term services for structural uses. Like all wood products, glulam beams and columns are subject to the effects of moisture. Glulam may develop seasoning checks as the moisture content stabilizes from the level at which they were manufactured to their moisture content in-service.
This publication is designed for: builders, contractors
This publication discusses several steps that can be taken to minimize seasoning checks in glulam.
Key sections include:
Tips for preventing glulam checking
On the jobsite
After installation
Published by APA — The Engineered Wood Association.
