I wonder if you fall on it, does it hurt like steel or wood.
What I wonder about is how superwood withstands or responds to weathering and being exposed to the elements.
> What I wonder about is how superwood withstands or responds to weathering and being exposed to the elements.
All you need is some termites and borer beetles.
Engineered wood products have been around for a long time.
You can’t use this for reinforced concrete, bar joists (for precast tip-ups) are cheaper than engineered wood and they’re much more useful since you can mount things on them with beam clamps (drilling into engineered wood is a no-no), and i-beams are usually touching concrete and wood needs to be treated if it will be in contact with concrete. Regardless, there’s far more rebar by weight in a building than there are i-beams.
So my question is, what is the use for this product other than luxury residential applications (which is a tiny insignificant market compared to commercial/industrial)