Roof Header Span

According to the 2012 irc codes any beam joist or header shall never have a bearing of less than 1 1 2.

Roof header span. Girder spans and header spans for exterior bearing walls maximum spans for douglas fir larch hem fir southern pine and spruce pine fir and required number of jack studs. Tables providing size selections for various beam spans and loading combinations for southern pine dimension lumber and southern pine glued laminated timber are available for the following applications. Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads. The column on the left of each chart labeled beam span represents the beam length with bearing required for your project.

Roof load width rlw and floor load width flw can be determined from as1684 or from the images below. Click on the appropriate beam this will take you to the calculation table for your project. Anything 5 and above we always at least double cripple. 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.

Notches on the outer thirds must not exceed 1 6 of the width of the board. For example you can span a 1 grade no knots southern yellow pine a greater distance than a 2 grade with knots southern yellow pine. Simplified maximum span tables for selected visual and mechanical grades of southern pine lumber in sizes 2 4 thru 2 12. Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.

Listed are 46 tables based on common loading conditions for floor joists ceiling joists and rafters. Both headers and girders are beams that are oriented horizontally and transfer load down to walls piers or posts. Spacing should be interpreted as the centre to centre distance between adjacent parallel members. On longer spans the beam may require much more bearing space as indicated by this table.

View joist rafter tables. Wood beam calculator american wood council website rafter and joist span faq. The distance in this case is 12 ft 2 ft 14 ft. Determine the beam header span length and the span carried supported by the beam header.

Their is no notching permitted in the center third of any beam. Required size for a given span. The exterior wall and the headers within will carry all loads from the mid point of the house between the supporting walls to the outside of the house including the roof overhang. Beams of more than one ply must be fastened together with either nails or bolts.