One more question for the modern manshed.
Can the floor deck (2"x8" joists) of my 12x16 manshed rest on two parallel beams of 14' length and spaced 10' apart?
I know it's good to cantilever the ends a little over the beams in the direction the joists are running, but is it ok to have the "sides" hanging over a foot on each side. Maybe use double rim joists on the 16 footers?
Does any of this make sense?
Thanks
Anything can be done, if it's engineered correctly.
If I understand what you want to do, that is, have the house/shed floor extend past the beams/girders that support the whole shebang in both the width and length directions, how do you envision supporting the structure out beyond the ends of the girders/beams? It's easy to extend the floor joists over the beams a little, but I don't follow the other direction. ???
Sorry Don, I think I'm confusing myself!
I guess what I meant to say is it going to be ok to cantilever the "beams" a foot or so on the sides. Kind of like this:
(https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s315/spammeup/Manshed/piers.jpg)
I want the beams to cantilever over the end piers 12" so the piers are not as visible. The beams will be 16', not 14'.
Make more sense?
Quote from: markert2523 on May 18, 2009, 07:16:54 PM
I want the beams to cantilever over the end piers 12" so the piers are not as visible. The beams will be 16', not 14'.
That is done frequently. I thought you might be trying some sort of 'sky hook' technique.