There are six choices.
Floor joise cal.
Most lay outs are on 16 so the field is pre selected.
Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 10 lbs ft 2.
This size is no longer acceptable when framing a structure.
Also available for the android os.
The extra two inches of vertical distance when a floor is framed with 2 x 10 joists rather than 2 x 12s can be quite important for example.
Common sense tells you that large floor joists can carry more load and spacing joists closer together also increases the load bearing capacity of a floor.
The lowest is a plain ceiling joist with no storage 10 pounds per square foot.
These are the right choice for both residential and non residential floor and roof joist construction.
End floor joists constructed on foundation walls parallel to the joist span shall be doubled unless a c shaped bearing stiffener sized in accordance with section r505 3 4 is installed web to web with the floor joist beneath each supported wall stud as shown in figure r505 3 1 9.
Maximum floor joist span for no.
Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more.
In the example the joists have a spacing of 16 inches and a span of 11 feet 2 inches.
1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2.
Floor joists installed on second or third or higher levels double as ceiling joists for the level below.
Select the on center spacing for the joists.
1 ft 0 3048 m.
California residents see prop 65 warnings product overview.
Table r502 3 1 1 shall be used to determine the maximum allowable span of floor joists that support sleeping areas and attics that are accessed by means of a fixed stairway in accordance with section r311 7 provided that the design live load does not exceed 30 pounds per square foot 1 44 kpa and the design dead load does not exceed 20 pounds per square foot 0 96 kpa.
In buildings with basements the first level of floor joists serves the same purpose.
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.
In the past 2x4s or 2x6s were sometimes used as floor joists.
The highest is a fully loaded floor 70 pounds per square foot.
I joists provide a high performance alternative to dimension lumber joists for floor and roof applications.
Span calculator for wood joists and rafters also available for the android os.
But larger is not always better when builders are constructing a home or adding a room addition.
