Performance requirements for exterior
laminated veneer lumber. Forest Prod.
Laminated veneer lumber, or LVL, is an engineered wood product used in home construction, mostly in beams and headers above doorways and windows.
Vintorg has strength and stability properties similar to
laminated veneer lumber but maintains the natural appearance of wood.
Processed timber products of the company include plywood,
laminated veneer lumber (LVL), laminated veneer board, laminated board, secondary products of plywood and LVL and sawn wood.
The building products industry, seeing the future of immature forests, has invested greatly in engineered building materials like Oriented Strand Board (OSB), Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF),
Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) and other composite materials.
LVL stands for "
laminated veneer lumber." It's made by gluing together layers of veneer, much like plywood is.
Among the products that could be affected are particleboard, medium density fiberboard, hardwood plywood, softwood plywood, oriented strand board and
laminated veneer lumber.
Huntsman Polyurethanes has introduced Linestar engineered lumber adhesive (ELA) systems to the engineered-wood industry for I-beams, finger-jointed lumber, and
laminated veneer lumber (LVL).
The material is used to make core and exterior plywood and
laminated veneer lumber, which is finding its way into more uses in all levels of construction.
A separate slower speed line produces
laminated veneer lumber (LVL) headers and beams for framing supports, windows, doors, and garage columns.
-- Is using engineered wood I-joists,
laminated veneer lumber and parallam beams to replace solid wood joists and beams in its homes.