hi all,
does anyone have any experience with glulam beams.
i'm looking for an alternative to a cranked beam for a stairway to join my existing entrance landing to a new raised level ground floor that i raised to allow head height in the basement.
hopefully the images below will go some way to explaining things better.
//media.diynot.com/156000_155224_43364_13349202_thumb.jpg
My building regs guy has suggested that i use a fabricated cranked beam in rolled steal but for aesthetics i was looking into a wood option.
i am a furniture maker by trade and have the where-with-all to laminate up my own 'glulam-beam' to the exact measurements i need using 18mm birch ply, probably 3 layers of.
what do people think about this?
Thank you all very much in adavnce
please let me know if i can make anything clearer for you
all the best
Graham
does anyone have any experience with glulam beams.
i'm looking for an alternative to a cranked beam for a stairway to join my existing entrance landing to a new raised level ground floor that i raised to allow head height in the basement.
hopefully the images below will go some way to explaining things better.
//media.diynot.com/156000_155224_43364_13349202_thumb.jpg
My building regs guy has suggested that i use a fabricated cranked beam in rolled steal but for aesthetics i was looking into a wood option.
i am a furniture maker by trade and have the where-with-all to laminate up my own 'glulam-beam' to the exact measurements i need using 18mm birch ply, probably 3 layers of.
what do people think about this?
Thank you all very much in adavnce
please let me know if i can make anything clearer for you
all the best
Graham