Basement walls made of Leca. Glulam over opening instead of Lecabeam. Questions.
Hello.
I will soon start building up the basement walls for my extension. There will be some door and window openings on load-bearing walls where I will need to have beams over. Until today, I have been considering using Leca beams. But then I have now seen the price of them...
The idea is to instead use regular glulam beams. First question.
Can you plaster on them without causing any issues? It feels a bit off to place wood on Leca even though it's above ground.
Follow-up question: I was thinking if you can place 2 L-steel over the openings and build with regular Leca on that?
Reinforcement question: Can you use galvanized reinforcement bars for exterior use, or is it only stainless that are suitable? Which cost twice as much...
Thanks!
I will soon start building up the basement walls for my extension. There will be some door and window openings on load-bearing walls where I will need to have beams over. Until today, I have been considering using Leca beams. But then I have now seen the price of them...
The idea is to instead use regular glulam beams. First question.
Can you plaster on them without causing any issues? It feels a bit off to place wood on Leca even though it's above ground.
Follow-up question: I was thinking if you can place 2 L-steel over the openings and build with regular Leca on that?
Reinforcement question: Can you use galvanized reinforcement bars for exterior use, or is it only stainless that are suitable? Which cost twice as much...
Thanks!
Isoleca. Then it's above ground I guess?
Well, cast-in-place is clearly another option. However, glulam is quite easy to calculate and show the calculations. Cast-in-place is a bit more difficult for me to calculate.
Well, cast-in-place is clearly another option. However, glulam is quite easy to calculate and show the calculations. Cast-in-place is a bit more difficult for me to calculate.