EXPLORE RIGIDPLY’S GLULAM POSTS
Choose Rigidply’s Glulam Posts with Confidence
- Stronger – unequaled design values
- Still CCA – more consistent and complete below ground, with a .60 pcf CCA treatment
- Lighter – kiln-dried after treating
- Minimizes Cracking, Splitting and Checking
- Untreated Tops, standard
- Structural Glu-Laminated Finger joints and Laminations – water-proof, permanent, below ground structural adhesive; no nails!
- The most economical, true Glulam Post on the market.
Our Glulam Posts are backed by an industry-leading 50-Year Warranty. Contact your Rigidply distributor to discuss your project.
Standard Stock Sizes
3 ply 2 x 6, 5 1/4” x 4 1/16”
Standard lengths: 8’ – 36’
3 ply 2 x 8, 7” x 4 1/16”
Standard lengths: 10’ – 36’
4 ply 2 x 6, 5 1/4” x 5 3/8”
Standard lengths: 10’ – 36’
4 ply 2 x 8, 7” x 5 3/8”
Standard lengths: 12’ – 36’
Options
- 6’0” minimum (3-ply) or 7’9” minimum (4-ply) standard treatment length. Additional lengths of treatment are available upon request.
- Additional post sizes are available upon request.
- Posts can be manufactured in lengths up to 60’0”.
- For field-notching, specify the lamination and length of glue-skip to match your project.
Standard Specifications
All posts will be Rigidply Rafters, Inc Glulam posts manufactured of #1 Southern Yellow Pine, treated with CCA to a 0.6 pcf retention, and #1 untreated Southern Yellow Pine. The treated portion will be designed to extend at least one foot above the ground line. The adhesives will be wet use conforming to “ASTM 2559”. The laminations will be surfaced, glued, and clamped. The columns shall be surfaced, after curing, on the narrow faces of the laminations.
Each production lot will be qualified by the following tests as described in AITC 200-92:
AITC Test T107 Shear
AITC Test T110 Cyclic Delamination
AITC Test T119 End Joint Tension
GluLam Post Design Values
3 PLY 2 X 6
Actual Size = 5.25″ x 4.0625 …..Fby-y = 2050psi
Area = 21.328 sq. in. ………………Fc = 2150psi
Sy = 18.66in.3………………………….Ey-y = 1700000psi
ly = 48.99in4
3 PLY 2 X 8
Actual Size = 7.0″ x 4.0625″ …….Fby-y = 1900psi
Area = 28.438 sq. in. ………………Fc = 2150psi
Sy = 33.18in.3………………………….Ey-y = 1700000psi
ly = 116.12in4
4 PLY 2 X 6
Actual Size = 5.25″ x 5.375″ …….Fby-y = 2350psi
Area = 28.219 sq. in. ………………Fc = 2150psi
Sy = 24.691in.3………………………..Ey-y = 1700000psi
ly = 64.815in4
4 PLY 2 X 8
Actual Size = 7.0″ x 5.375″ ………Fby-y = 2350psi
Area = 37.625 sq. in. ………………Fc = 2150psi
Sy= 43.90in.3………………………….Ey-y = 1700000psi
ly = 153.64in4
Tested and approved by engineers at the Pennsylvania State University for use in the post frame construction industry. (See transactions of the ASAE vol. 31 No. 2 pp. 564-570, 1988.) Additional testing and verification has been completed by the engineers at South Dakota University.
