Glulam Roof Span Table

Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties.

Glulam roof span table.

View allowable load tables. Simplified span tables for southern pine lumber and glued laminated timber glulam headers beams and girders. That means glulam beams can span long distances with minimal need for intermediate supports. Allowable loads for simple span glulam beams tables 2 3 8 and 9 provide allowable loads for glulam beams used as simple span roof members in snow load areas dol factor 1 15 and for non snow loads dol factor 1 25.

Floor beams roof beams under snow loads and roof beams under construction loads. These easy to use tables were compiled by the southern forest products association sfpa as a service to design build professionals and other southern pine users. These tables are provided as a guideline. Different load capacities are possible for different stress level combinations of glulam.

Tables 4 and 10 provide similar infor mation for floor members. It also means that designers and builders have virtually unlimited design flexibility when using glulam whether the application is home construction a commercial warehouse roof or a highway bridge. Tables 3 through 8 provide the allowable loads for nominal 4x and 6x stock douglas fir glulam simple span beams at three load durations. The tables can be used to size such members.

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