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    This document provides dead load weights for various roofing, ceiling, flooring, wall, and partition materials used in residential construction. It also provides average dead load weights per square foot for different areas of a house, including the roof, attic, second floor, first floor, and walls. Finally, it provides guidance on figuring loads for the frame of a two-story home, including live and dead loads on the roof, attic, second and first floors.

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    This document provides dead load weights for various roofing, ceiling, flooring, wall, and partition materials used in residential construction. It also provides average dead load weights per square foot for different areas of a house, including the roof, attic, second floor, first floor, and walls. Finally, it provides guidance on figuring loads for the frame of a two-story home, including live and dead loads on the roof, attic, second and first floors.

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    This document provides dead load weights for various roofing, ceiling, flooring, wall, and partition materials used in residential construction. It also provides average dead load weights per square foot for different areas of a house, including the roof, attic, second floor, first floor, and walls. Finally, it provides guidance on figuring loads for the frame of a two-story home, including live and dead loads on the roof, attic, second and first floors.

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    This document provides dead load weights for various roofing, ceiling, flooring, wall, and partition materials used in residential construction. It also provides average dead load weights per square foot for different areas of a house, including the roof, attic, second floor, first floor, and walls. Finally, it provides guidance on figuring loads for the frame of a two-story home, including live and dead loads on the roof, attic, second and first floors.

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    The document lists various building materials and their typical weights in pounds per square foot (psf).

    Materials like asphalt shingles, clay tile, slate, wood, acoustical tiles, hardwood, plywood, concrete, stone, linoleum and more are provided with their weights in psf.

    Load requirements mentioned include live loads on roofs (usually 30 psf), attics (usually 20 psf for storage), second floors (usually 40 psf) and first floors (usually 40 psf). Dead loads are also provided for things like attic floors, partitions and floors.

    01 ConPal Dewalt

    7/8/05

    3:50 PM

    Page 29

    ROOF DEAD LOADS


    Material

    Weight, psf

    Shingles:
    Asphalt (14" approx.) ..................................................2.0
    Book tile (2")............................................................12.0
    Book tile (3")............................................................20.0
    Cement asbestos (38" approx.) .................................4.0
    Clay tile (for mortar add 10 psf) ................................9.0 to 14.0
    Ludowici ..................................................................10.0
    Roman .....................................................................12.0
    Slate (14") .................................................................10.0
    Spanish....................................................................19.0
    Wood (1")...................................................................3.0

    CEILING DEAD LOADS


    Material

    Weight, psf

    Acoustical fiber tile ........................................................1.0


    Channel-suspended system .........................................1.0

    FLOOR DEAD LOADS


    Material

    Weight, psf

    Hardwood (1" nominal)..................................................4.0


    Plywood (per inch of thickness) ....................................3.0
    Asphalt mastic (per inch of thickness) ........................12.0
    Cement finish (per inch of thickness)..........................12.0
    Ceramic and quarry tile (34")........................................10.0
    Concrete (per inch of thickness)
    Lightweight ................................................................6.0 to 10.0
    Reinforced (normal weight) .....................................12.5
    Stone .......................................................................12.0
    Cork tile (116").................................................................0.5
    Flexicore (6" slab)........................................................46.0
    Linoleum (14").................................................................1.0
    Terrazzo finish (112") ....................................................19.0
    Vinyl tile (18")..................................................................1.4

    01 ConPal Dewalt

    7/8/05

    3:50 PM

    Page 30

    WALL AND PARTITION DEAD LOADS


    Material

    Weight, psf

    Wood paneling (1") ..........................................................2.5


    Wood studs (2 x 4 DF-Larch)
    12" o.c........................................................................1.3
    16" o.c........................................................................1.0
    24" o.c........................................................................0.7
    Glass block (4") .............................................................18.0
    Glass (14" plate) ...............................................................3.3
    Glazed tile......................................................................18.0
    Marble or marble wainscoting.......................................15.0
    Masonry (per 4" of thickness)
    Brick .........................................................................38.0
    Concrete block.........................................................30.0
    Cinder concrete block .............................................20.0
    Hollow clay tile, load bearing...................................23.0
    Hollow clay tile, non-load bearing ...........................18.0
    Hollow gypsum block ..............................................13.0
    Limestone ................................................................55.0
    Terra-cotta tile..........................................................25.0
    Stone........................................................................55.0
    Plaster (1") .......................................................................8.0
    Plaster (1") on wood lath...............................................10.0
    Plaster (1") on metal lath .................................................8.5
    Gypsum wallboard (1")....................................................5.0
    Porcelain-enameled steel ................................................3.0
    Stucco (78")....................................................................10.0
    Windows (glass, frame, and sash) ..................................8.0

    AVERAGE WEIGHT OF HOUSE BY AREA


    Unit
    Roof
    Attic (low)
    Attic (full)
    Second floor
    First floor
    Wall

    Load/ft.2
    40 lb.
    20 lb.
    30 lb.
    30 lb.
    40 lb.
    12 lb.

    Live load on roof = local requirements for wind and snow. (Usually 30 lbs. per sq. ft.)
    Dead load of roof of wood shingle construction = 10 lbs. per sq. ft.

    Dead load of partitions = 20 lbs. per sq. ft. of floor area

    7/8/05

    Live load on attic floor = local requirements.


    (Usually 20 lbs. per sq. ft. when used for storage only)
    Dead load of attic floor, not floored = 10 lbs. per sq. ft.
    Dead load of attic floor when floored = 20 lbs. per sq. ft. (Storage space.)

    01 ConPal Dewalt

    FIGURING LOADS FOR FRAME OF A TWO-STORY HOME

    Live load on second floor = local requirements. (Usually 40 lbs. per sq. ft.)

    Joist span

    Bridging

    Live load on first floor = local requir ements. (Usually 40 lbs. per sq. ft.)
    Dead load of first floor, ceiling not plastered = 10 lbs. per sq. ft.
    Dead load of first floor, ceiling plastered = 20 lbs. per sq. ft.
    Post
    Plan of floor framing
    showing the
    Girder load area.

    Girder load width


    Girder
    Joists

    Page 31

    Half
    joist span

    Dead load of partitions = 20 lbs. per sq. ft. of floor area

    3:50 PM

    Dead load on second floor = 20 lbs. per sq. ft.

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