Glued profiled beam.
Glued profiled beams can be considered as an alternative not only to traditional wooden log cabins, but also to buildings from materials such as stone or brick. This material is characterized by unique properties, the totality of which other materials cannot repeat. Houses from timber prices, which, incidentally, are quite acceptable for people with a good level of income today are being built throughout the country and are in great demand.
Unlike ordinary logs, glued beams are practically not subject to vine. This allows you to formalize the house from the inside immediately after the completion of construction, and for logs it is necessary to wait at least a year for their shrinkage. In addition, the strength of the usual log is 30-50% of the strength of glued timber. When preparing such a beam, all defects and knots from wood are cut out. All material is selected in texture and color, which significantly improves its quality in terms of appearance.
The buildings of glued beam are characterized by excellent thermal insulation properties. In terms of heat conductivity, a 24-centimeter wall of glued beam is similar to a one and a half meter brick wall. No other natural material that is used for construction does not have such thermal insulation characteristics. This allows you to slightly evaluate the costs of acquiring a bar, which will noticeably pay off during the heating of the building.
Of course, many are frightened by the high cost of glued beams compared even with a gallected log. This increases the cost of building a house, but we should not forget that the thermal insulation properties of glued beam will allow you to repel this difference in just a few years. In addition, the costs and efforts of decorating the house itself will also be lower — the walls of glued beam are much smoother than the walls of the house from the gallected log. The high strength of glued beams is also important and high. A lot of small wooden beams that are glued together, will not lead and do not twist. Also, due to such a structure, the internal pressure of glued beams is much lower than that of a conventional log.
