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Flat roof timber sizes uk.
Should refer to trada document span tables for solid timber members in floors ceilings and roofs excluding trussed rafter roofs for dwellings or ask your lbc surveyor for advice.
C16 timber is kiln dried timber certified to comply with the criteria of strength grade c16.
They also tell you what the maximum spacing should be between each section or timber member size of joists mm clear span c16 joist m clear span c24 joist m 47 x 95 47 x 120 47 x 145 47 x 170 47 x 195 47 x 220 1 77 2 40 2 89 3 38 3 87 4 36 2 05 2 67 3 22 3 77 4 31 4 85 assumptions at 400mm centers.
Here the number is 1166 66 inches.
These span tables apply only to flat roof and roof with a slope of up to 10 degrees.
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Surveyors span tables for designing roof rafters.
Surveyors and structural engineers utilise data from tables below to help calculate the correct size strength and centres of roof timbers for the required spans and loadings.
2002 bs 5268 7 5.
C16 timber is commonly used in floor and roof joists for intern.
Maximum clear span of flat roof joists in metres for sc3 timber spacing between joists size of roof joist 400mm 450mm 600mm 47 x 97 1 84 1 81 1 74.
Notches are not to exceed 0 125 of the depth of the joist and are to be located between 0 07 and 0 25 of the span from the support.
Structural calculations for timber joists timber beams glulam beams flitch beams using the latest design codes.
Span tables for flat roof joists to bs 5268 7 2 imposed loads of 0 75 kn m for maintenance and snow load are applicable where there is no permanent access no fixed ladder or staircase and most areas where the altitude does not exceed 100 metres refer to bs 6399 3.
Roof rise this should be calculated from the base of the roof to the highest point of the roof gable the peak.
For pitched roofs flat roofs and ceiling joists.
Here the number is 941 86 inches.
Flat roof joists.
All the figures are based on the normal loading conditions.
Calculations to bs 5268 2.
Rafter run outer wall this should be measured starting from the center of the roof span and then extending to the very edge of the exterior wall.