More and more people recently prefer to build houses from environmentally friendly material - wood. The most optimal option is glued beams.
Material benefits
Builders involved in the construction of houses made of wood, do not get tired of talking about the advantages of this natural material. It is able to maintain optimal humidity and temperature in the room, provide air exchange with the environment and simply positively influence people. An ideal replacement for logs is glued beam.
The production of these wooden products is carried out according to a special technology, due to which the output is suitable for construction material. Houses are built from it as soon as possible. On a ready foundation, a building of simple construction can be erected in almost a month. Such a structure shrinks no more than 1%. And this means that in such houses you can immediately do all the finishing work, install doors and windows.
Necessary equipment
Given the fact that wooden structures are becoming increasingly popular, one of the promising types of business is the production of houses from glued beams. You can do both the construction of buildings and the manufacture of the material itself.
Before proceeding with the production of timber, it is necessary to find out what equipment is required for these purposes. It is clear that you will need woodworking machines, drying chambers, special presses. But this is not a complete list.
To buy equipment for the production of glued beams, you have to spend money. So, you will need:
1) a sawmill for cutting lumber;
2) a multi-saw machine designed to cut large beams into separate boards;
3) a folding or vacuum device designed to disassemble the stack;
4) a hydrometer, with the help of which rejects too wet or, on the contrary, over-dried boards;
5) a milling machine necessary for processing the sides of the lamellas;
6) planing and gluing machines, which are always located nearby;
7) the press.
In addition, it is also necessary to organize an optimization line on which all tree defects will be deleted.
Technological process
It is easy to figure out what technique is needed in order to make glued beams. Its production begins with cutting logs received in the workshop into separate boards. They are subsequently sent to drying chambers. It is necessary that the output humidity in them be at the level of 10%.
After drying is completed, the boards are checked and discarded. The selected products without flaws are treated with special substances - flame retardants and antiseptics. This is necessary so that the fungus does not hit the wood and that it does not burn.
Only after the end of these stages in the shops do gluing of lamellas begin. Depending on the required thickness of the logs, 2 to 5 boards can be joined together at the exit. They are laid in such a way that the wood fibers go in different directions - this provides the best strength of a material such as glued beam. Production ends on special equipment - presses. This is necessary so that the adhesive firmly connects the lamellas to each other.
Construction
Speaking about the advantages of modern natural materials, many forget to mention strength. So, a house erected from glued beams will be fifty, or even 70 percent stronger than the one used to construct the logs. In addition, the length of the products can reach 12 meters - they are convenient to use for the construction of smooth walls.
The technology for the production of glued beams is such that they are also profiled during the manufacture. This provides ease of collection of walls and their increased strength. Profiling of the beam is carried out on special four-sided machines. The quality of the finished product will depend on how conscientiously the tongue-and-groove elements of the beam were made. When erecting buildings in the locks of the beam profile, insulation is laid. This provides additional insulation and windproof walls.
The advantages of timber houses
You can talk about the virtues of all wooden houses for a long time. But we are interested in what advantages glued beams have. The production of this material should be organized at the highest level. After all, the quality of finished boards depends on the equipment used, the qualifications of the personnel involved, the means used for impregnation and glues for wood.
If a high-quality timber was purchased for the construction of the house, then cracks will not appear in the walls of the house, they will reliably protect against temperature extremes, high or low humidity and create the most comfortable living conditions.
In addition, houses from bars are often called elite. This material allows you to solve any design problems, while each structure will look unsurpassed.