List of Contributions

Contact Details

CBT Childs Bertman Tseckares

Institute Ribbons and Badges

Contact information, job title, education, and license are populated by the ASCE Membership database. You can edit your account here. Please allow 12 hours for the changes to appear in ASCE Collaborate. 

Mr. David Hancock

CBT Childs Bertman Tseckares

Contributions

1 to 1 of 1 total

RE: What is a typical allowance for live loads on residential floors?

Posted By David Hancock 02-01-2019 01:18 PM
Found In Egroup: Integrated Buildings & Structures \ view thread
If you know the floor joist size, spacing, and span you can look up the uniform load safely supported in available wood joist tables​. To increase capacity if necessary (assuming end support conditions and foundations allow it) you can "sister" the joists (nail a second joist onto each existing - ...