Lintel Roof Load Width

It is also a dead load.

Lintel roof load width.

Loads transferred from the floor or the roof supported by the wall over the lintel. The load triangle is a 45 triangle having 1 1 times the clear span of the lintel at its base. This video looks at roof load width rlw. If it is 600 1200 it means the load span details can be applied to any lintel between 600mm and 1200mm.

Load of the wall above the lintel beam. That extra length provides 150mm bearings at each end of the lintel which are essential for achieving the lintel s full performance. Roof load width rlw and floor load width flw can be determined from as1684 or from the images below. For thicker steel and when a lintel with a longer span is required buildbase has a range of medium and heavy duty lintels for 90 105mm cavity widths stocked in lengths from 1200mm to 4800mm.

As standard our steel lintels increase in length by 150mm the two values represent the length of the lintel that the values in that column relate to. U0007measure the size of the structural opening i e. How wide is the structural opening. Followings are the general loads that should be considered for lintel beam design.

Rlw is used to calculate the sectional size of some roof members and supporting wall members. The clear span between the masonry supports. The interaction zone is a zone outside the load triangle but within a 60 triangle having 1 1 times the clear span of the lintel at its base. Example lintel length 150 1800 150 2100mm.

Both live and dead load from the roof should be. Nominal height the height of the lintel in mm. Self weight is a kind of dead load. Buildbase has a large range of standard cavity lintels available in a variety of widths from 70mm to 165mm with lengths from 900mm to 3900mm.

U0007add 150mm minimum bearing to each end. Required size for a given span. Self weight of the lintel. 24 lintels duration.