willbish Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Just taken delivery of a few oak beams. 300mm x 100mm 5.0m length with 20mm banana. Is that acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 thats really good. has it been dried or still green? when was it cut? solid wood will move over time unlike a glulam beam or engineered wood (OSB etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 It's air dried constructional European. I've got 700mm to cut off one end which reduces the deflection a little but not as much as I was hoping as the bend is in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, willbish said: It's air dried constructional European. I've got 700mm to cut off one end which reduces the deflection a little but not as much as I was hoping as the bend is in the middle. Air dried is great. Any natural beam is going to have some bends or twists. What will it be used for? will it be in tension or compression? You need to work on it continuing to more over time. Edited June 25, 2021 by markc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 It's not taking any load. Will be supported each end as a cosmetic ceiling beam. I'll fit it with the bow up / ends lower 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redoctober Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Given that they are for cosmetic purposes, I would say it all adds to the character of the beam. We too have a couple of oak beams which are simply cosmetic and we chose to have them "shaved" / "have the edges rounded off" in places, to reduce the "squareness" of their appearance, if that makes sense. A couple of images might help in understanding what it is I am trying to say! Edited June 25, 2021 by Redoctober to create a gap between photos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Looks great, Reminds me of a Pub we did, two massive douglas fir beams approx 500mm square and 6m long ... treat them like they were made of glass, white gloves etc so no finder prints, wrapped with paper before the lifting strops, over shoes while we walked across them .... came in later to finish the roof off and the Architect had a group of locals in to beat the beams with pieces of chain to distress them ... think they were old bike chains! oil, dirt and hand prints all over them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Redoctober said: Given that they are for cosmetic purposes, I would say it all adds to the character of the beam. We too have a couple of oak beams which are simply cosmetic and we chose to have them "shaved" / "have the edges rounded off" in places, to reduce the "squareness" of their appearance, if that makes sense. A couple of images might help in understanding what it is I am trying to say! Looks like an adze finish, beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redoctober Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, markc said: Looks great, Reminds me of a Pub we did, ? ha, I won't tell Mrs W that! ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpd Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) I could not afford to buy oak so salvaged it from a big oak tree that fell down on my road, got a mate to slab the trunks and I turned the bigger branches into roof ties, my dad is a dab hand with an axe so the finish was very authentic. Edited June 25, 2021 by Cpd 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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