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>with modern mass timber solutions rather than raw wood Do you mean things like LSL? I actually wonder what the longevity of LSL is compared to raw wood. Sinc
by Dig1t 3y ago
>with modern mass timber solutions rather than raw wood
Do you mean things like LSL?
I actually wonder what the longevity of LSL is compared to raw wood. Since it's a ton of resin mixed with wood, I wonder about the resin part of it.
It does seem much better to build with as bugs won't eat it and it's perfectly straight.
- theluketaylor 3y agoLaminated strand is certainly under the heading of mass timber, but I’m referring more to cross laminated timber (CLT). It still uses resin, but with much more wood it doesn’t suffer from the sort of rot and de-laminating problems OSB has, but it’s still highly engineered and highly precise like LSL. Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) has become common in North America for beams and joists. CLT uses even larger components and is even more flexible. It’s just starting to be used but you can build everything from a house to 20 storey buildings.
- robbiep 3y agoI know nothing about this, but do you know what the environmental/recyclable potential of the resins are?