Existing Floor Joist Load Calculation

Multiply the maximum load per square metre by the total area of the floor.

Existing floor joist load calculation.

462 kg 1 019 lb 1 72 square metres 18 7 sq feet 269 kg per square metre 54 5 lb per square foot. Also available for the android os. Click on a span to generate a full calculation you can adjust the exact span. This figure is calculated as a dead load and a storage live load.

True floor joist span calculations can only be made by a structural engineer or contractor. 2 dead load suspended ground floor with no partitions above 0 25 kn. After you ve determined the load limit of your joists you can use that figure to determine the total acceptable load for the room or building in question. Generally these will have been designed to carry their own self weight and a plasterboard lath plaster finish.

Live load psf dead load psf span calculator for wood joists and rafters available for the iphone. Calculations to bs 5268 2 2002. There are six choices. Most lay outs are on 16 so the field is pre selected.

In the example the floor area of the room is approximately 112 square feet. This demo version is fixed at 1m clear span. This span table is to the format and methodology given in bs 5268 7 1. 1 enter joist details 1 1 span and joist spacing.

Domestic floor joist calculator. The lowest is a plain ceiling joist with no storage 10 pounds per square foot. The full version allows any size. This sample table gives minimum floor joist sizes for joists spaced at 16 inches and 24 inches on center o c for 2 grade lumber with 10 pounds per square foot of dead load and 40 pounds of live load which is typical of normal residential construction.

These spans were calculated using our floor joist calculation engine. Divide the maximum load of one joist by the area supported by one joist. The highest is a fully loaded floor 70 pounds per square foot. That means that the existing joists are not adequate to support a 40 psf live load.

Select the on center spacing for the joists. Find the column for your dead load and spacing and the row for your timber size to find the permissible clear span in metres. Span calculator for wood joists and rafters also available for the android os. As shown in the example above existing ceiling joists are designed to withstand a much lighter load than a domestic floor load.

This number tells you how much load your floor can support for each square metre of floor space. The load from the floor sheathing will continue to be transferred into the existing joist so continuous fastening between the joists is desirable to uniformly load the new joist.