Goog on Nostr: In my previous post I talked about nailing 2x4's together as a finished floor system. ...
In my previous post I talked about nailing 2x4's together as a finished floor system.
This is already a thing and it's called nail laminated timber. Or NLT. It is in a category of construction materials called mass timber. IE giant masses of timber as structural components. It is most commonly found it commercial buildings. I'm somewhat familiar with it but more so hear about cross laminated timber. Basically making gigantic sheets of plywood by laminating 3 layers of 2x6's into 4.5 inch thick panels.
Anyway cool stuff. NLT floors are starting to be used as concrete slab replacements in some installations. Concrete is a C02 emissions monster wood sequesters it so cool stuff there.
Also a 2x4 NLT floor can span 12 ft. Very cool.
This is already a thing and it's called nail laminated timber. Or NLT. It is in a category of construction materials called mass timber. IE giant masses of timber as structural components. It is most commonly found it commercial buildings. I'm somewhat familiar with it but more so hear about cross laminated timber. Basically making gigantic sheets of plywood by laminating 3 layers of 2x6's into 4.5 inch thick panels.
Anyway cool stuff. NLT floors are starting to be used as concrete slab replacements in some installations. Concrete is a C02 emissions monster wood sequesters it so cool stuff there.
Also a 2x4 NLT floor can span 12 ft. Very cool.