Glu-Lam Posts...

As a part of the earthquake protection, and modern Japanese building code, all structural posts must be certified by the JAS. All of our structural posts are made from Western Hemlock in the 5 layer Glue-Lamination "GluLam" style. These provide a maximum level of combined load bearing strength, twisting and/or warping resistance, and lateral load strength in the event of an earthquake. The detail is hard to see but the right side of the pictures shows the flat surface and the left side shows the 5 layers laminated together.