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Title: LVL For Forms
Post by: tenbrook on March 13, 2011, 04:04:00 PM

I am getting ready to build a new R/D form and wanted to try and use LVL.

The only problem is that I want my form to be 1.5" wide and the only width I can find LVL in is 1.75".

Does LVL come in 1.5" thickness and if yes where are you finding it?

If it does not come 1.5" what are my other options?

Thanks

Tenbrook

Title: Re: LVL For Forms
Post by: matts2 on March 13, 2011, 04:21:00 PM

You can get 1.5" LVL but usually have to go to a lumber yard to get it. All the LVL that I have seen in a box store has all been 1.75" as well.

Title: Re: LVL For Forms
Post by: redlabel on March 13, 2011, 09:42:00 PM

i just got some lvl and run it through a planer

Title: Re: LVL For Forms
Post by: Pat B on March 13, 2011, 10:46:00 PM

What is LVL?

Title: Re: LVL For Forms
Post by: eagleone on March 13, 2011, 10:55:00 PM

laminated veneer lumber- I thinks its used to cross large openings as a header? We have it here but only 1 3/4"

Title: Re: LVL For Forms
Post by: Pat B on March 14, 2011, 12:03:00 AM

I always called them lam beams. Thanks. I got some from a lumber company in town. They had some stored in a shed and one end got water on it so they could not be used for structural work. They gave me a few of them. I made my earlier forms with them.

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