Outlooker: Wednesday’s Word Of The Week
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| Outlooker pre-fit at our plant |
An outlooker is a specific type of cantilevered beam that extends from the back of an arch, frequently used with Tudor arches. Creating a roof overhang around the perimeter of an arch structure takes some tricks. In the case where roof decking spans from arch to arch, the decking can cantilever to create a gable end overhang, and for the eave overhang outlookers are added to the arch.
Outlookers are almost always cut, pre-fit, and match marked to a specific arch for precision fit-up in the field. To reduce shipping dimensions, they are usually detached for shipment.
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| Open outlooker with brace |
*Each Wednesday our structural engineer, Rik Vandermeulen, discusses a new term associated with glulam manufacturing. He will do this until we run out of words. If there is a timber or glulam term that you have heard of and want to know more about, let us know in the comments.