Product Name: Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) Framing Members
What it is LVL is an engineered wood product produced by bonding rotary-peeled veneers (鈮� 3 mm thick) with moisture-resistant phenolic adhesive under heat and pressure. All veneers are grain-aligned longitudinally, giving the billet the same mechanical logic as a solid timber beam鈥攂ut with far higher strength, stiffness and reliability.
Key performance data (ASD, dry-use, 12 in. depth)
鈥�span style=”color: #787878; font-family: ‘Open Sans’;”>LVL Framing聽 Modulus of Elasticity E: 2.0 脳 10鈦� psi
鈥�span style=”color: #787878; font-family: ‘Open Sans’;”>LVL Framing Bending Fb: 2 800 psi
鈥� LVL Framing Shear Fv: 285 psi
鈥� LVL Framing Compression 鈭� Fc: 2 200 psi
鈥� LVL Framing Compression 鉄� Fc鉄� 750 psi
鈥� LVL Framing Tension 鈭� Ft: 2 200 psi
鈥� LVL Framing Specific gravity (connections): 0.50
Sizes available
Standard thicknesses: 1戮 in. and 3陆 in.
Depths: 7录, 9录, 9陆, 11录, 11鈪�, 14, 16, 18, 24 in.
Lengths: up to 60 ft (20 m)
Framing applications
鈥�/a>LVL Framing聽 Wall framing: studs, plates, corner posts, tall-wall columns
鈥�span style=”color: #787878; font-family: ‘Open Sans’;”>LVL Framing聽 Floor framing: joists, rim boards, blocking
鈥�span style=”color: #787878; font-family: ‘Open Sans’;”>LVL Framing聽 Roof framing: rafters, ridge beams, purlins
鈥�span style=”color: #787878; font-family: ‘Open Sans’;”>LVL Framing Opening framing: door & window headers, garage-lintel beams
鈥� LVL Framing Hybrid use: flange material for prefabricated wall panels and floor cassettes
Why spec LVL for framing
鈥�a href=”https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069345710585″>LVL Framing聽 2鈥� the bending strength of No. 2 solid sawn, yet 10 % lighter
鈥�span style=”color: #787878; font-family: ‘Open Sans’;”>LVL Framing聽 Mill-certified E and Fb eliminate field grading guess-work
鈥� LVL Framing Virtually no twist, warp, crown or checking = straighter walls & floors
鈥� LVL Framing Long lengths allow single-piece spans, cutting joints and labour
鈥� LVL Framing Knot-free edges mean full-depth nailing and easier MEP penetrations