Hello
I am working on a new project which will be a sunroom connected to a deck I built two years ago. The deck is supported by steel piles to the bedrock and on these are HEA100 steel beams (or 2x45x220 - 1.9m from the house). For the foundation of the sunroom, I plan to use glulam (315x115). The glulam beam on the side runs from the girder in the house's foundation wall/concrete beam to a steel beam on the outer edge (3.4m). On the outer edge, I have a third glulam beam that runs between the side beams. This beam will partially sit on the steel beam (50:50). But the question is how best to join the glulam at the corners (see images)?
Long wood screws (Essve Construction Screw ET-T 8.2x245) or sturdy brackets on the inside? However, I'm having trouble finding sufficiently sturdy brackets (Simpson AG922 or Simpson CLT ABR 255?). Maybe I should have the local blacksmith make sturdier brackets at 120x120x120 in 5mm steel.
The glulam beams (which I received from a colleague) will be painted and clad with metal for weather protection. The floor will be tiled and insulated with electric underfloor heating embedded in reinforced (steel mesh) self-leveling compound. The rest of the build will be in glulam with "winter-insulated" glass sections and an insulated roof with metal on the outside (see image).
Any tips or ideas?
Best regards,
///Henrik
I am working on a new project which will be a sunroom connected to a deck I built two years ago. The deck is supported by steel piles to the bedrock and on these are HEA100 steel beams (or 2x45x220 - 1.9m from the house). For the foundation of the sunroom, I plan to use glulam (315x115). The glulam beam on the side runs from the girder in the house's foundation wall/concrete beam to a steel beam on the outer edge (3.4m). On the outer edge, I have a third glulam beam that runs between the side beams. This beam will partially sit on the steel beam (50:50). But the question is how best to join the glulam at the corners (see images)?
Long wood screws (Essve Construction Screw ET-T 8.2x245) or sturdy brackets on the inside? However, I'm having trouble finding sufficiently sturdy brackets (Simpson AG922 or Simpson CLT ABR 255?). Maybe I should have the local blacksmith make sturdier brackets at 120x120x120 in 5mm steel.
The glulam beams (which I received from a colleague) will be painted and clad with metal for weather protection. The floor will be tiled and insulated with electric underfloor heating embedded in reinforced (steel mesh) self-leveling compound. The rest of the build will be in glulam with "winter-insulated" glass sections and an insulated roof with metal on the outside (see image).
Any tips or ideas?
Best regards,
///Henrik
I built the entire sunroom with ET-T screws.
See post #17
https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threa...genomgaende-bultar.341650/page-2#post-3275465
If you use ET-T, make sure to drive the screws at an angle so the screw passes through multiple growth rings, see the screw's user manual.
See post #17
https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threa...genomgaende-bultar.341650/page-2#post-3275465
If you use ET-T, make sure to drive the screws at an angle so the screw passes through multiple growth rings, see the screw's user manual.
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Do not completely cover glulam beams with sheet metal, they will rot. Here in town there was a roof over a gas station, they placed advertising signs directly against glulam beams and after 10 years a corner fell down, full of mold under the metal. However, certain surfaces exposed to rain can be protected.
No, no. There will only be metal on the outside with a drip edge at the bottom so that water and snow on the deck, as well as sunlight, do not affect the glulam. Then there will be a small air gap between the metal and the wood.L Leif i Skåne said:
Best regards,
///Henrik