Yup, I'm a newbie. Enough said.
I'm doing a 1940s remodel, adding an ell shape onto an existing rectangular design. Roof joists and floor joists run east/west, short distance of rectangular shape runs east/west.
I want to know where to go to find a chart, table, or other reference that gives header sizes for various lengths, plugging in the total of dead weight, live weight, and snow weight as a total weight to be supported figure.
Basically I need two headers, one for a basement load bearing wall and one for a main floor kitchen load bearing wall.
The basement header will be covered; I don't care what it looks like, steel, manufactured, whatever. I need it to be no more than 5 1/2" tall, 12 feet long. Live weight is 1200 lb, dead weight is 4000 lb, snow weight is 3000lb for a total of 8200 lb spread over twelve square feet.
The upstairs kitchen header will be exposed. The look of the place is 1940s ranch. I'd really like to put a solid beam in there, roughly 17 feet long. On that one, live weight is 1000lb, dead weight is 2000lb, snow weight is 3000lb, for a total of 6000lb spread over 17 square feet. I want the header to be 17 feet in length, any width, but heighth is a factor. I'd like to keep the height under 10" if possible.
Am I in the ball park, or do I need to refigure with some other material? And where do I go to find figures to tell me what shape, material, and dimensions I require?
Glenn
I'm doing a 1940s remodel, adding an ell shape onto an existing rectangular design. Roof joists and floor joists run east/west, short distance of rectangular shape runs east/west.
I want to know where to go to find a chart, table, or other reference that gives header sizes for various lengths, plugging in the total of dead weight, live weight, and snow weight as a total weight to be supported figure.
Basically I need two headers, one for a basement load bearing wall and one for a main floor kitchen load bearing wall.
The basement header will be covered; I don't care what it looks like, steel, manufactured, whatever. I need it to be no more than 5 1/2" tall, 12 feet long. Live weight is 1200 lb, dead weight is 4000 lb, snow weight is 3000lb for a total of 8200 lb spread over twelve square feet.
The upstairs kitchen header will be exposed. The look of the place is 1940s ranch. I'd really like to put a solid beam in there, roughly 17 feet long. On that one, live weight is 1000lb, dead weight is 2000lb, snow weight is 3000lb, for a total of 6000lb spread over 17 square feet. I want the header to be 17 feet in length, any width, but heighth is a factor. I'd like to keep the height under 10" if possible.
Am I in the ball park, or do I need to refigure with some other material? And where do I go to find figures to tell me what shape, material, and dimensions I require?
Glenn
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