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Install Main Structural LVL Beams

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What happens here

The video highlights the installation of four sections of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) beams. Each section consists of three thick boards laminated together, making them exceptionally heavy. Due to their weight, a forklift (Genie GTH-844 from Yates Rents) is used to lift these 32-foot long beams into place at the top of the A-frame structure. Two workers on ladders guide and secure the beams into position, forming the main structural support across the top, separating the future dining room and kitchen areas. This process was very time-consuming, taking an entire day for a crew of three.

Goal: The crew begins by installing four massive Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) beams, three boards thick each, which serve as the primary structural support for the A-frame cabin's central span between the dining room and kitchen.

Tools and materials

  • Genie GTH-844 Forklift
  • Ladders
  • Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) Beams
  • Nail Gun
  • Safety Harness

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into it so what the guys are doing over there the plants call for 4 sections of lvls to be installed now lvls are these giant beefy um it almost looks like a a plywood that's laminated together uh and uh suspended up there on both sides and they're stacked three thick together so essentially we're going to have three boards this thick uh four of them uh on each Corner between the dining room and the kitchen uh this is a structural thing that's what the engineers called for so that's what we're doing originally plan was going to be take them up there by hand but they are so stinking heavy that there's there's no freaking way we're going to get that done shout out to Tate for the fork Clift cuz I don't know what we do without it so yesterday was a slow for momentum cuz these heavyduty lvls look how stacked they are they're so thick 32 ft long really heavy it took a while so essentially for paying 12 of them with a crew of three people it took an entire day but that's our structural support for the middle so there's no load load bearing wall today's day should go a lot faster I'm assuming we got these ey

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