Roof Load Bearing Rough Timber

Spacing will vary be design and roof load but usually 24 on center or less.

Roof load bearing rough timber.

Shear walls or steel moment frames in homes with large windows or other large openings provide the strength to resist lateral loads. The load increases with the use of heavier roofing material. Sawn lumber limits design potential and in some cases just doesn t work. A clay tiled roof may have a dead load.

Roof trusses support a roof s weight by transferring the weight load downward and outward to the building s bearing walls. May be attached above the trusses on edge or flat or between the trusses using post frame anchors or joist hangers. If there is also a beam in the middle of the roof divide the total load by three. Headers girders joists interior load bearing walls and columns footings gravity loads exterior load bearing walls and columns gravity and transverse lateral load 3 roof rafters trusses and beams.

The amount of weight the internal support structure can carry without the roof collapsing can be described as its load bearing capacity. Determine how many rafters you ll need for the roof. Depending on how wide the home is you can divide the total length in feet by two to determine how many trusses will be needed. Roof purlins are 2x4 2x6 or 2x8 lumber that spans between the trusses to provide framing for metal roofing or roof sheathing.

A roof is composed mainly of two parts the cladding or external material and the internal support structure which holds it up. They do this by means of top chords which are sloping members that extend from the peak of the roof to the top of the exterior walls at the eaves. Roof structure and load bearing capacity. You can t beat sawn lumber for most small window headers but as spans and loads increase stronger materials are a better choice.

Roof and wall sheathing gravity and wind loads floor diaphragms and shear walls in plane lateral overturninand g loads 6 notes. Deck exterior and interior load bearing walls beams girders posts and floor framing. Too often builders gang together 2 inch dimension lumber to support roof and floor loads without considering other options. If our example roof has only one beam it must carry half of the total load or 4 000 pounds.

For most load bearing requirements a roof truss will need to be placed every two feet along the walls.