Designing floor joists

paddyirishman85 · 19-08-2009, 10:31

Hey

Trying to find out what size floor joists to use. I sized them by the table in the Homebond manual, trouble is, there is a load bearing stud partition loading onto the floor too, perpendicular to the floor joists, which the table doesn't take account for.

I know the load per metre of the partition. How do I go about sizing the floor joists or do you just take whats in the table and go maybe 2 grades higher?

Thanks

random.stranger · 24-08-2009, 12:25

Just to bump your thread really, you might be looking at putting an I-Beam over the partition wall to take the load.

Not my area though.

19-08-2009, 10:31	#1
paddyirishman85 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,099 Adverts \| Friends	Designing floor joists Hey Trying to find out what size floor joists to use. I sized them by the table in the Homebond manual, trouble is, there is a load bearing stud partition loading onto the floor too, perpendicular to the floor joists, which the table doesn't take account for. I know the load per metre of the partition. How do I go about sizing the floor joists or do you just take whats in the table and go maybe 2 grades higher? Thanks __________________ "Then he heard it; "Hahaha". The last time he had heard that noise two men were dead and one woman had been had sex with. He looked through the crowd and saw Trent playing russian roulette! BANG! A man shot himself! BANG! Another man shot himself! CLICK! Trent didn't shoot himself! "Hahaha" he said "Too easy" as he collected the money and stepped over the dead bodies taking care not to have sex with any women in the room." The Madman? Padraiggg

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24-08-2009, 12:25	#2
random.stranger Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 151 Adverts \| Friends	Just to bump your thread really, you might be looking at putting an I-Beam over the partition wall to take the load. Not my area though.