Southern Pine Span Tables
Strength live load of 30 psf plus dead load of 10 psf determines the required bending design value.
Southern pine span tables. Span tables for jois ts and rafters american wood council 4 span tables for joists and rafters american wood council design criteria. These 46 tables are based upon design values for visually graded southern pine dimension lumber that became effective june 1 2013. A companion supplement to span tables for joists and rafters design values for joists and rafters tabulates allowable bending fb and modulus of elasticity e design values for visually graded and mechanically graded dimension lumber. 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.
Southern yellow pine beam span tables october 5 2019 by arfan leave a comment choosing a timber species frame hq understanding floor joist spans parallam psl beams weyerhaeuser what wood species should i build with deck gonstruction. View allowable load tables. The lengths and sizes of joists vary depending on the species and quality of the lumber used. Tables listing maximum spans for southern pine joists and rafters are detailed below.
Rafter and joist span faq. Tables 1 through 12 are abbreviated span tables for selected southern pine visual machine stress rated msr and machine evaluated lumber mel grades. This edition has been updated to the 2015 nds design values supplement changes include new design values for southern pine and mixed southern pine design values. These tables are intended for use under dry service conditions.
Deflection for 30 psf live load. For the size selection tables southern pine glued laminated timber sizes are only provided in the header tables tables 1 12 when 3 2x12s no longer meet design parameters and in the beam tables tables 13 20 when 4 2x12s no longer meet design parameters. For each application a pdf download is available. Simplified span tables for southern pine lumber and glued laminated timber glulam headers beams and girders.
General requirements these tables only apply to southern pine lumber and. Limited to span in inches divided by 360.