healeys
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Healeys] Garage Design

To: Awgertoo@aol.com, Healey forum <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Garage Design
From: Jaap Aeckerlin <j.aeckerlin@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:42:11 +0100
........ and don't forget 2 steel verticals plus one steel H-beam
horizontally to lift the engine and gearbox!
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands

2009/12/26 <Awgertoo@aol.com>

> I am doing preliminary design of a garage and have a question for  the
> smart guys here:
>
> The building will be of frame construction and will  be 25' wide. I would
> like to put a loft with a plywood deck over a portion of  the main
> floor--the
> dimensions of the loft being 25' square. The loft would be  used for light
> storage with weight being exclusively on the sides and no  appreciable
> weight in the center. I could tolerate some floor bounce if need be.
>
> Here's the question: What size floor joists or fabricated wood trusses
> would I need to adequately support the loft without any columns to the
> concrete
>  floor below--in other words using a free span--and on what centers would
> they  need to be?
>
> I have read from one site that 16" floor trusses on 24"  centers will span
> 27-1/2'. Any input  appreciated.
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
>
> Healeys@autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> You are subscribed as j.aeckerlin@gmail.com
>
> http://www.team.net/archive
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html

Healeys@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys


http://www.team.net/archive

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>