Flat Roof Rafters Span Tables
Rafter spans can be extended slightly beyond what the rafter tables suggest when there is a cantelever extending beyond the supporting wall.
Flat roof rafters span tables. Roof pitch use recommended minimum roof pitches as specified by roof sheet supplier. Posts these span tables are designed for a minimum post size of 50 x 50 x 2 5mm up to a maximum height of 3 0m. Rafter span tables use these tables to determine lengths sizes and spacing of rafters based on a variety of factors such as species load grade spacing and pitch. Surveyors and structural engineers utilise data from tables below to help calculate the correct size strength and centres of roof timbers for the required spans and loadings.
Notches are not to exceed 0 125 of the depth of the joist and are to be located between 0 07 and 0 25 of the span from the support. Span tables for flat roof joists to bs 5268 7 2 imposed loads of 0 75 kn m for maintenance and snow load are applicable where there is no permanent access no fixed ladder or staircase and most areas where the altitude does not exceed 100 metres refer to bs 6399 3. Flat roof span tables allow for a maximum roof pitch of 5ยบ. For pitched roofs flat roofs and ceiling joists.
These span tables apply only to flat roof and roof with a slope of up to 10 degrees. Surveyors span tables for designing roof rafters.