Roof Design Header

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Roof design header.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Continuing on from part 3. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. Refer to sfpa s publication southern pine headers beams download in publications that includes all size selection and allowable load tables.

Now the word header refers to a beam like support in wood frame construction. 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. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Determine how high it must be to provide an adequate slope to the roof.

So an 8 foot tall wall weighs 8 ft x 16 pounds ft 2 128 pounds per lineal foot. Loads are contributed to the lower header by the roof upper walls and 2nd floor system. Find the wall studs or roof trusses that will have to support the ledger. 773 0896 james hawkins building commissioner ext.

123 james cerone local building inspector ext. Today that term has been adopted to the parts used in wood frame construction. For each application a pdf download is available. The header is placed with its end or head facing the wall a practice that fortifies a wall s construction.

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. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. Also see assumptions for table development. The architectural graphic standards lists the weight of an exterior 2 6 wall as 16 pounds per ft 2.

The loads delivered to the header are.