I was figuring out the dead loads for a wood tower on a wood building. The wood tower has a concrete tile roof. I was planning to use 15 psf as weight of my tile. My co-worker is saying I am being too conservative. He says the weights vary from 9 to 12 psf. What is the general weight that I...
This is my first wood job. I need some help.
I have a wood beam atop a steel beam w/ a 3X nailer. The beam is 6.75" wide and the nailer is about 8" wide. The total downward gravity load is abut 15 k.
Am I right in assuming the area to determine the crushing would be 6.75"x8" ?
Would a...
