Roof Design Header

So an 8 foot tall wall weighs 8 ft x 16 pounds ft 2 128 pounds per lineal foot.

Roof design header. Also see assumptions for table development. The header is placed with its end or head facing the wall a practice that fortifies a wall s construction. Now the word header refers to a beam like support in wood frame construction. Today that term has been adopted to the parts used in wood frame construction.

Loads are contributed to the lower header by the roof upper walls and 2nd floor system. Make it the full width of the porch or slightly wider depending on your porch design. 124 james slowinski electrical inspector ext. The architectural graphic standards lists the weight of an exterior 2 6 wall as 16 pounds per ft 2.

Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Locate a position for a header or ledger board. The loads delivered to the header are. 773 0896 james hawkins building commissioner ext.

The header spans an opening for a window or door or it is a cut out in the roof or floor for a skylight chimney or staircase. For each application a pdf download is available. Loading conditions are detailed below. Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. 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. Continuing on from part 3. Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.

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