Futurebuild® LVL | truFRAME® LVL

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truFRAME® LVL Framing - the latest product offered from Futurebuild LVL to the New Zealand market.

truFRAME is available for specification through the designIT for houses and designIT for commercial floors software packages and can be used as a direct substitute for SG8 specified using NZS 3604 or subject to Specific Engineering Design.

Details
  • Category
    Structural & Framing
  • Range
    Futurebuild LVL
  • Brand
    Futurebuild® LVL
Features & Benefits:
  • truFRAME Futurebuild LVL may be directly substituted for an equivalent section size SG8 which has been specified using NZS 3604, designIT for houses software, or subject to Specific Engineering Design.
  • Less prone to warp, twist and cup than traditional sawn timber sections.
  • Straight and true for ease of fabrication and construction.
  • Minimise joints and wastage lengths available up to 7.2 metres.
  • Straight, true, strong, lightweight and dimensionally stable.
  • Veneers are bonded together using type 'A' (marine) bond, known for long-term durability in structural applications.
  • Readily available and stocked H1.2 treated using a glue line and surface spray treatment to the requirements of NZS 3640.
  • Untreated and H3.1 LOSP treated product available made to order subject to minimum volumes and lead times.
  • Each piece is branded for ease of identification.
  • Stringent quality control EWPAA certified.
  • Manufactured from sustainably-grown NZ plantation pine.
  • Available FSC CoC Certified on request (Certificate Number: SCS-COC-001319).
  • Residential Span Tables available - refer brochures below.
  • Supported by technical support and software from Futurebuild LVL designIT software suite available.
    computeIT software suite available for specific engineering design.
Compliance

truFRAME meets or exceeds the structural properties for SG8 and is manufactured in accordance with AS/NZ 4357, Structural Laminated Veneer Lumber. Characteristic Properties are determined in accordance with AS/NZS 4063.2:2010 and so comply with the provisions of the New Zealand Building Code through clause 2.3 for engineering design in accordance with NZS3603:1993 Timber Structures Standard.


Futurebuild LVL is committed to manufacturing innovative engineered building products. For quality assurance the Futurebuild range is manufactured with independent audit processes and product certification.
All Futurebuild LVL products are manufactured using a type A bond with less than 0.5mg/L formaldehyde emissions from the final product (equivalent to E0).

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Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) is one of New Zealand’s leading forest products companies, manufacturing and supplying timber, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), plywood and other building products to the New Zealand market. Carter Holt Harvey together with its legacy companies has been a feature of the Australasian timber industry for more than 150 years. Carter Holt Harvey is organised into four business units: Carter Holt Harvey Building Products (CHH Timber), Carter Holt Harvey Plywood (CHH Plywood), Carter Holt Harvey LVL (Futurebuild®LVL) and Carters Building Supplies.

CHH Timber is one of the largest and oldest producers of timber building products across New Zealand. Manufacturing timber across the Kawerau, Kinleith and Nelson Mill facilities, CHH Timber produces brands Laserframe®and Pinex®for use in structurally graded or outdoor timber applications.

CHH Plywood specialises in the manufacture and supply of both structural and non-structural plywood products, with familiar brands such as Ecoply®, Shadowclad®, Ecoply Barrier and Handiply®. These brands are suitable for a range of applications subject to proposed use including structural, exterior cladding, interior lining applications, DIY and packaging among some of the many uses. The brands are specified and used within the New Zealand construction industry by Architects, Builders and DIY professionals. Operating in New Zealand for over 30 years, CHH Plywood is one of the largest producers of plywood in New Zealand and manufactures from its central North Island site at Tokoroa.

Futurebuild LVL offers the largest range of LVL products within New Zealand, which are used in projects across Australasia. Manufacturing LVL in the Marsden Point plant, Futurebuild LVL produces brands hySPAN®, hyJOIST®, hyONE®, hy90®, hyCHORD®, truFORM®, hyPLANK®, edgeFORM®, and hyFRAME® building systems. Futurebuild LVL products are used in applications such as floor joists, beams, rafters, lintels, truss chords and purlins in construction of residential, commercial, industrial and rural buildings, subject to design verification.