Product Description

TIMBER BEAMS & TIMBER LVL`s AUSTRALIAN STANDARD

E14 F17 Larch Pine LVL refers to the grade and size of a type of engineered wood product commonly used in construction.

- E14: This refers to the grade of the Larch Pine LVL. The grades of LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) are designated with a combination of letters and numbers. The E stands for "Engineered," indicating that the product has been manufactured using an engineered wood process. The number 14 represents the allowable bending stress in megapascals (MPa) for the LVL.

- F17: This refers to the strength rating of the Larch Pine LVL. The F stands for "Flexural," indicating that it is a measure of the material's bending strength. The number 17 indicates that the LVL has a designated strength of 17 megapascals (MPa) under bending or flexural stress.

- Larch Pine: This refers to the specific species of wood used to manufacture the LVL. Larch Pine is a type of softwood commonly used in construction due to its strength and durability.

- LVL: Laminated Veneer Lumber is an engineered wood product made by bonding multiple layers of thin wood veneers together with adhesive. It is commonly used as a structural component in building materials, such as beams, joists, and headers, due to its strength and dimensional stability.

Overall, E14 F17 Larch Pine LVL indicates that the LVL product is made from larch pine wood, has a grade of E14 with a bending stress of 14 MPa, and a strength rating of F17 under flexural stress.

Structural LVL Beam

PHENOLIC GLUE

Material : Larch

Density :730KG/M3

F17 Anti-Termite Structural Treated LVL, E14 LVL

Product Description

STRUCTURAL LVL

FS Wood structural laminated veneer lumber (LVL) which has been manufactured in accordance with AS/NZS 4357 with properties determined in accordance with AS/NZS 4063.2 and therefore complies with the requirements for structural design in accordance with AS1720.1

 LVL terminator is available in all sizes. H2-S Terminator is treated against termites south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The treatment is applied to the glue-line during manufacture to achieve full termite protection to the core of the beam. No further sealing is required on cut ends, holes or notches. Other treatment levels are available from suppliers on request, but treatment is limited to above ground use.

LVL is manufactured using an 'A' Bond with less than 0.5mg/l Formaldehyde (equivalent to E0) emissions from the final product.
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For quality assurance the FS range is manufactured with independent audit processes and product certification. We ensures that its wood is legally sourced from managed forests and offer FSC 'Chain of Custody' certified upon request.

FS LVL is produced with a structural grade face and is not generally used in appearance applications and at the time of dispatch from the manufacturing site has a moisture content of between 8-15%.

Size Range

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Advantage of FS structural LVL 
1. Small logs can be made into large dimension LVL products.
2. Long lengths of LVL are available up to 12m
3. The wood resource can be optimised by grading and selecting veneer for different parts of an LVL cross section and making a range of products with different properties.
4. Structural properties of LVL are very uniform because the randomised layers of thin veneers are pre-graded for stiffness (coefficient of variation for modulus of elasticity less than 5%).
5. LVL members have high strength because of the low variability and randomised wood properties in thin layers.
6. LVL can be cut and machined with normal woodworking tools.
7. LVL is often used to complement the use of sawn timber in domestic construction.

Application of FS structural LVL 
LVL is particularly well suited to the following applications
Rafters and joists
Lintels, beams and framing members
Truss chords
Portal frames
I-beams
Box-beams
Scaffold planks
Formwork
Panels of LVL are cut into structural members which have high strength and stiffness.
LVL is suited to structural applications such as beams, rafters and columns in a wide range of buildings including houses, commercial, industrial and rural structures. Some special LVL has a small number of veneers laid perpendicularly (cross banded).
In commercial or industrial structures it is often used as a wood-based alternative to structural steel or reinforced concrete.