[Healeys] Garage Design

[Jaap Aeckerlin]

........ and don't forget 2 steel verticals plus one steel H-beam
horizontally to lift the engine and gearbox!
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands

2009/12/26 <Awgertoo at aol.com>

> I am doing preliminary design of a garage and have a question for  the
> smart guys here:
>
> The building will be of frame construction and will  be 25' wide. I would
> like to put a loft with a plywood deck over a portion of  the main
> floor--the
> dimensions of the loft being 25' square. The loft would be  used for light
> storage with weight being exclusively on the sides and no  appreciable
> weight in the center. I could tolerate some floor bounce if need be.
>
> Here's the question: What size floor joists or fabricated wood trusses
> would I need to adequately support the loft without any columns to the
> concrete
>  floor below--in other words using a free span--and on what centers would
> they  need to be?
>
> I have read from one site that 16" floor trusses on 24"  centers will span
> 27-1/2'. Any input  appreciated.
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