Glulam Roof Span Table

Different load capacities are possible for different stress level combinations of glulam.

Glulam roof span table.

Table specifications are provided with each table indicating conditions and assumptions used to calculate the loads. Floor beams roof beams under snow loads and roof beams under construction loads. Tables 4 and 10 provide similar infor mation for floor members. The tables can be used to size such members.

These tables are provided as a guideline. Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties. Simplified span tables for southern pine lumber and glued laminated timber glulam headers beams and girders. Tables 3 through 8 provide the allowable loads for nominal 4x and 6x stock douglas fir glulam simple span beams at three load durations.

View allowable load tables. These easy to use tables were compiled by the southern forest products association sfpa as a service to design build professionals and other southern pine users. View size selection tables. It also means that designers and builders have virtually unlimited design flexibility when using glulam whether the application is home construction a commercial warehouse roof or a highway bridge.

Allowable loads for simple span glulam beams tables 2 3 8 and 9 provide allowable loads for glulam beams used as simple span roof members in snow load areas dol factor 1 15 and for non snow loads dol factor 1 25. That means glulam beams can span long distances with minimal need for intermediate supports.