Lite Steel Beam

Litesteel technologies america resembling half of an i beam litesteel beam has the same carrying capacity as engineered wood products but is 40 lighter on average than those products the maker says depending on its thickness a 40 foot length of the product can weigh 100 to 520 pounds.

Lite steel beam.

Litesteel technologies says its cold formed galvanized steel beams are a lighter cost effective alternative to wood glulams. The beam is resistant to rot mold and termites and contains an average of 65 recycled content. Litesteel beam lsb from litesteel technologies was developed in response to the demand for a light structural beam with the strength of steel but with the workability and ease of installation associated with wood products. Boxspan strong yet light.

The company s beams can span longer distances than conventional framing material reducing the number of footings required and are ideal when a concrete deck will be poured according to litesteel. Boxspan is a roll formed beam manufactured from two c shaped sections of high tensile zinc coated steel mechanically locked together with a patented process. Lite steel beam was able to show the client how to reduce the total length of rafters required by taking the advantage of lite steel beams capacity to increase the spacing between the rafters. The result a 40 60 lighter beam with the strength of steel and the versatility of timber.

When you weigh up the problems involved with hot rolled structural steel beams and engineered wood beams lsb can.