Floor Joist Single Point Load

Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more.

Floor joist single point load. Vulcraft can also design for a concentrated load placed between any panel points without a strut by use of a bend check load. A floor joist appropriately selected to span 10 feet with an l 360 limit will deflect no more than 120 360 1 3 inches under maximum design loads. Drywall attached to the underside of this system is not expected to crack when the floor joist system deflects 1 3. Drywall attached to the underside of this system is not expected to crack when the floor joist system deflects 1 3.

Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 10 lbs ft 2. Maximum floor joist span for no. An add load is a concentrated load applied at any one panel point along the length of the joist. Moment by use of an add load.

A floor joist appropriately selected to span 10 feet with an l 360 limit will deflect no more than 120 360 1 3 inches under maximum design loads. 2 grade of douglas fir are indicated below. 1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2. 1 ft 0 3048 m.

But larger is not always better when builders are constructing a home or adding a room addition. In the example the joists have a spacing of 16 inches and a span of 11 feet 2 inches. The span table for a 30 psf live load 10psf dead load floor indicates a required fb value of 1 315 and a minimum e value of 1 800 000. In this case your joists are adequate to support a 30 psf live load and 10 psf dead load.