First time here for me. Hoping to get some advice and tips about wood grain.
I have removed a load-bearing wall and now supported it with props. I have also bought planed boards to make a glulam beam with these. When gluing the boards together, it is said that you should lay the boards with the grain against each other. That is, lay one board with the grain in one direction and the next board with the grain in the other direction. But how on earth do you see which way the grain goes??
When I look at one end of the board, I think it looks like the grain goes one way. If I look at the other end of the same board, it looks like it goes the other way? How does this come together, and what should I do? I can't find anything when I search, and I've spent a long time at the computer now. Feeling terribly stupid right now
/Mattias
Currently has my thumb in my elbow...
I have removed a load-bearing wall and now supported it with props. I have also bought planed boards to make a glulam beam with these. When gluing the boards together, it is said that you should lay the boards with the grain against each other. That is, lay one board with the grain in one direction and the next board with the grain in the other direction. But how on earth do you see which way the grain goes??
When I look at one end of the board, I think it looks like the grain goes one way. If I look at the other end of the same board, it looks like it goes the other way? How does this come together, and what should I do? I can't find anything when I search, and I've spent a long time at the computer now. Feeling terribly stupid right now /Mattias
Currently has my thumb in my elbow...
if you look at the end grain of the boards, you can see if they have a "smiley face" or a "frowning face", i.e., which side was against the bark versus the core of the tree. The important thing when joining is to place them so that you have a "smiley face" on top of a "frowning face", i.e., alternating frowning/smiley, so that the movements in the wood offset each other.
Best regards,
Martin
Best regards,
Martin
no reason...
//Martin
//Martin
No, it won't support that much.
It's a house with about 80 sqm of space, and I have removed two walls between the kitchen, guest room, and living room. The beam is about 5 meters long and made of 1" x 4". I have stacked 5 boards on top of each other, and it's currently under tension since yesterday morning. Do you think that's enough, or do I need to add more boards, planed and dry timber?
lilla huset
It's a house with about 80 sqm of space, and I have removed two walls between the kitchen, guest room, and living room. The beam is about 5 meters long and made of 1" x 4". I have stacked 5 boards on top of each other, and it's currently under tension since yesterday morning. Do you think that's enough, or do I need to add more boards, planed and dry timber?
lilla huset