Heavy Timber Installation

Trust Aptcon with all heavy timber needs. Using state of the art timber facilities and skilled timber installers, we can engineer, ship, and install to meet any state requirements.

There are many factors to consider when choosing timber for a project. The look and feel of the timber, its structural properties, and the cost and availability.

A few examples of commonly used timbers are:

• Oak: The main wood used for timber framing, very durable
• Hemlock: Straight even grain, durable, limited availability
• Douglas fir: Durable, the highest ratings of any western softwood for extreme fiber stress in bending; tension parallel-to-grain; horizontal sheer; compression perpendicular-to-grain and compression parallel-to-grain
• Pine: The benefit of the pine comes from the fact that it is fast growing

Heavy timber construction is one of the oldest types of building. Its superior performance has been demonstrated in thousands of building during the past hundred and fifty years. Heavy timber has been used in homes, schools, churches, auditoriums, gymnasiums, and other various structures due to its aesthetics of the exposed wood and durability.