Why we use LVL for beams and headers
LVL- Laminated Veneer Lumber is an engineered wood product made up of multiple layers of wood glued together.
Because it’s manmade it’s stronger and more consistent than conventional lumber.
It’s used for such things as headers and beams.
A bunch of people commented on my header video asking about this exact shot- thinking it two separate beams, but you can see this is just a splice in the outer veneer.
Here you can see a splice on the opposite side.
Since you can special order these beams up to 60’ the veneers have splices, but they are always staggered.
To show just how strong this LVL is – I set up a ramp to see if it could support half the weight of my skid steer.
Keep in mind it’s much stronger when it’s vertical than when lying flat like this.
After the first run I reconfigured the ramp so the weight of the skid steer would be more forward.
The skid steer weighs around 9000 lbs, so the 2 plies of LVL are holding roughly 4500 lbs.
I considered trying it with one ply but wasn’t sure how that would work out. @hausplans
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