Premium Appearance

Premium Appearance

Specified for applications in which appearances are critical. The finished glulam will still exhibit the natural visual character of the lumber, such as knots and distorted grain.

  • Exposed faces are sanded smooth
  • Top of the beam is not surfaced
  • Corners exposed to view are eased
  • Voids larger than ¾” are filled with wood filler
  • No wane; pencil wane is repaired
  • On narrow face of beams (wide face of laminations), knots are limited to 20% of net face width and ≤ 2 maximum size knots in any 6 ft. length
Face Lamination 3-⅛″ 3-½″ 5-⅛″ 5-½″ 6-¾″ 8-¾″ 10-¾″
Maximum Void ½″ ½″ ¾″ ¾″ ¾″ 1″ 1″
Max Sound Knot ½″ ½″ ¾″ ¾″ ⅞″ 1-½″ 2″
Premium Appearance Beam
Top of the beam is not surfaced
Top of the beam is not surfaced
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No wane; pencil wane is repaired
No wane; pencil wane is repaired
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Exposed faces are sanded smooth
Exposed faces are sanded smooth
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Voids larger than ¾” are filled with wood filler
Voids larger than ¾” are filled with wood filler
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Corners exposed to view are eased
Corners exposed to view are eased
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On narrow face of beams, knots are limited to 20% of net face width
On narrow face of beams (wide face of laminations), knots are limited to 20% of net face width and ≤ 2 maximum size knots in any 6 ft. length
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