[Healeys] Garage Design

[Maurice Maxwell]

Michael, one other useful feature, make the ceiling at least 12 ft so the lift
can be used to its fullest.

Max
1961 BT7
--- On Sat, 12/26/09, Awgertoo at aol.com <Awgertoo at aol.com> wrote:


From: Awgertoo at aol.com <Awgertoo at aol.com>
Subject: [Healeys] Garage Design
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Date: Saturday, December 26, 2009, 12:00 AM


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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