You can also use the wood beam calculator from the american wood council website to determine maximum rafter and joist lengths.
Wood framing beam spans.
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Headers beams.
Beam span maximums are based on a maximum anticipated live load.
Allowable load tables tables providing size selections for various beam spans and loading combinations for southern pine dimension lumber and southern pine glued laminated timber are available for the following applications.
The span of a beam is dependent on a few variables.
Use the span tables below to determine allowable lengths of joists and rafters based on size and standard design loads.
Size selection tables headers beams.
On longer spans the beam may require much more bearing space as indicated by this table.
The species of lumber size of lumber and the load it carries.
How to read floor beam span tables page includes a span calculator.
Learning how to design with them becomes straight forward with a few pointers.
Anything 5 and above we always at least double cripple.
Beams of more than one ply must be fastened together with either nails or bolts.
Wood framing tables can contain a lot of information in one table.