Floor Load Width Calculator

The top column labled span carried by beam determines the span supported by your beam.

Floor load width calculator.

Span calculator for wood joists and rafters also available for the android os. Loads are contributed to the lower header by the roof upper walls and 2nd floor system. 2 pine or lvl. So an 8 foot tall wall weighs 8 ft x 16 pounds ft 2 128 pounds per lineal foot.

The column on the left of each chart labeled beam span represents the beam length with bearing required for your project. A typical wood frame floor covered with carpet or vinyl flooring has a dead load of about 8 pounds per square foot. This video looks at floor load width flw. We have engineered this calculator to provide spans which will produce a solid built house with no bounce in the floors or any swags in the ceiling.

Flw is used to calculate the sectional size of. Live load psf dead load psf span calculator for wood joists and rafters available for the iphone. The dead load on a floor is determined by the materials used in the floor s construction. This is the fourth video in the series on the timber framing code.

Again this house has the same width dimension but it has 2 levels. Also available for the android os. Calculate the size needed for a beam girder or header made from no. Works with evenly distributed loads only.

The architectural graphic standards lists the weight of an exterior 2 6 wall as 16 pounds per ft 2. The lowest is a plain ceiling joist with no storage 10 pounds per square foot. You can also use the wood beam calculator from the american wood council website to determine maximum rafter and joist lengths. In the case of our example house the house is 24 feet wide so the house will require a total width of 24 feet of joists.

Use the span tables below to determine allowable lengths of joists and rafters based on size and standard design loads. Double check yourself with these span charts. Dividing by two gives us 12 feet of supported length. The highest is a fully loaded floor 70 pounds per.

Click on the appropriate beam this will take you to the calculation table for your project. If there s wall board covered ceiling suspended from the underside of that floor the dead load increases to about 10 pounds per square foot. There are six choices.