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Residential Floor Load Codes

Residential Floor Load Codes

Residential Floor Load Codes

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The building codes are not very clear about minimum acceptablr floor loads including acceptable deflection design criteria.  I am in the process of reviewing the Massachusetts code, ASCE 7-05, Residential Code of New York State and the International Building Code 2006.  I would like to compile and compare all acceptable minimum load criteria.  Has this question been posted on the web site if not how would I post it?

RE: Residential Floor Load Codes

ASCE 07 Table 4-1 has design live loads including residential occupancies.

2006 IBC Table 1607.1 has design live loads including residential occupancies; Table 1604.3 has deflection limits.

Dead loads have to be accounted for based on what the construction is.  ASCE 7 Table C3-1 has a listing of proposed minimum dead load values.

Can't help you with NY and MA, but it's probably similar.

RE: Residential Floor Load Codes

For residential construction IRC would be used (if adopted by the jurisdiction), not the IBC.

2006 IRC, Table R301.5 anf R301.6 has live loads; R301.7 has deflection criteria.  

RE: Residential Floor Load Codes

The IRC typically applies to 1 and 2 family and some multifamily (R-3) occupancies, and the IBC and IRC are mostly coordinated.

Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com

RE: Residential Floor Load Codes

Good point, Don.  From the subject line, I took it to mean single family.  But there could certainly be other conditions as you noted.

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