Should You Specify GL20 or GL24? Understanding Glulam Grades
Should You Specify GL20 or GL24? Understanding Glulam Grades BACK TO BLOG MAIN PAGE Architects and engineers regularly ask whether they can get a project in a certain grade – GL28, for example, or whether locally-grown timber will work for their design. The...
Building the Future of British Forestry: Inside Forestry England’s Lobslack Seed Processing Facility
Building the Future of British Forestry: Inside Forestry England’s Lobslack Seed Processing Facility BACK TO BLOG MAIN PAGE Near Delamere Forest in Cheshire, Forestry England has been doing essential work for the UK’s forestry sector – processing...
Understanding Structural Terms for Your Glulam Project
Understanding Structural Terms for Your Glulam Project BACK TO BLOG MAIN PAGE When you’re planning a glulam roof structure, you’ll notice a web of beams and supports working together, each with its own name and purpose. Terms like rafters, purlins,...
Glulam and fire safety: The burning questions you’re right to ask
Glulam and fire safety: The burning questions you’re right to ask BACK TO BLOG MAIN PAGE What’s the risk? You don’t need to be a safety expert to see a possible link between timber and fire and then have questions about a building’s safety. You’re right to do so, and...