Download the glued laminated beam design tables form s475 provide recommended preliminary design loads for two of the most common glulam.
Glulam beam span table.
Tables providing size selections for various beam spans and loading combinations for southern pine dimension lumber and southern pine glued laminated timber are available for the following applications.
View allowable load tables.
Span tables allow users to choose an appropriate size and stress grade to achieve spanning needs.
Be used in single span applications although an unbalanced beam is more efficient for this use.
Rosboro bigbeam is an example of a balanced beam.
Simplified span tables for southern pine lumber and glued laminated timber glulam headers beams and girders.
View size selection tables.
Use the span tables below to determine allowable lengths of joists and rafters based on size and standard design loads.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof loads only.
Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts.
You can also use the wood beam calculator from the american wood council website to determine maximum rafter and joist lengths.
Glulam beams are commonly available in stock sizes that are manufactured for a variety of residential applications.
The glulam product guide form x440 describes apa trademarked glulam addresses important design considerations and includes a specification guide it also highlights some of the many applications where glulam is used in construction.
For simple construction such as domestic construction this can be determined from span table supplements in as1684 2 and as1684 3.
Window door garage door headers supporting roof wall floor loads.
Stock beams manufactured in common dimensions are cut to length when the beam is ordered.
These tables are provided as a guideline.
These easy to use tables were compiled by the southern forest products association sfpa as a service to design build professionals and other.
Engineering certification for magna glulam issued by leading timber engineers hr design group list of available span tables click for full info verandah beams sheet tile n3.
Allowable design properties allowable design properties are a key factor in specifying glulam.
Bending members are typically speciļ¬ed on the.
Other more complex load condition spans can be determined with our free hyne timber design 7 5 software.
Aitc beam capacity tables.
Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures.
Stock glulam 36.
