Roof Design Header

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Roof design header.

Refer to sfpa s publication southern pine headers beams download in publications that includes all size selection and allowable load tables. The architectural graphic standards lists the weight of an exterior 2 6 wall as 16 pounds per ft 2. Loading conditions are detailed below. Roof ceiling and one clear span floor 4 2x12 9 11 2 8 7 2 7 8 2 fccip 425 main st ste 25 greenfield ma 01301 3393 fccip staff phone.

Today that term has been adopted to the parts used in wood frame construction. The header is placed with its end or head facing the wall a practice that fortifies a wall s construction. 123 james cerone local building inspector ext. Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.

Now the word header refers to a beam like support in wood frame construction. Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger. 124 james slowinski electrical inspector ext. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Also see assumptions for table development. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.

So an 8 foot tall wall weighs 8 ft x 16 pounds ft 2 128 pounds per lineal foot. The loads delivered to the header are. 773 0896 james hawkins building commissioner ext. Continuing on from part 3.

Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design.