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Structural requirements for adding a suspended loft

From: thiothexene@yahoo.com
Category: Architecture and Building Design
Remote Name: 208.191.254.171
Date: 10 Feb 2004
Time: 09:00 PM

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I am converting a church for residential living, and I need to add a loft floor for an extra bedroom and bath. The back and side walls are fortified concrete block, and the demensions of the added floor would be 36' by 16'. Would a standard I-beam 8' depth 17lb/ft supported at at 12' and 24' by 4" pipe(anchored in 2x2x1' - reinforced concrete set in the slab - sound ok. I plan on setting the beam into the wall 5" on 3/8" flat steel stock. Since I already have 6" 10lb/ft I-beams - I'm going to bridge the girder beam to the back wall with 4 - 16' sections of the 6" steel (5' apart), and maybe 2x8 lumber between the 6" beams. At first I thought of adding another 8" girder at mid- section, but that would have required 2 more support posts, and I like the cleaner lines of just 2 support posts. What is your take on this?

 

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