Joist depth selection table

METRIC XXX : Mass of joist (kg/m)

XXX : % of service load to produce a deflection of L/360

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
9.1 9.7 11.2 12.8 14.6 16.8 18.9 20.8 22.7 24.7 26.3 30.8 30.8
300
88 69 64 64 65 65 65 65 64 64 63 64 64
9.3 9.6 10.0 11.7 12.4 13.6 14.9 16.1 18.3 19.0 20.3 24.1 24.1
350
122 92 77 74 71 67 68 66 68 64 66 65 64
9.4 9.9 9.9 10.6 12.0 13.1 13.6 15.1 15.9 16.9 19.4 21.6 21.6
400
162 121 97 85 84 82 76 74 74 73 76 74 71
9.9 10.1 10.1 10.5 11.0 12.6 13.5 14.8 15.5 16.4 17.4 20.1 20.7
6 450
200 155 124 108 97 94 93 91 86 87 83 83 88
10.1 10.2 10.2 10.7 11.1 11.6 13.0 14.6 14.9 15.7 16.9 18.9 18.9
500
200 193 154 129 116 101 104 105 100 98 96 93 93
10.7 10.8 11.1 11.1 11.6 11.9 13.5 14.6 15.4 15.8 16.2 16.9 18.4
550
200 200 188 157 134 123 120 121 110 106 103 103 107
10.8 10.9 11.8 12.5 13.4 13.8 15.0 16.0 16.3 17.5 18.5 18.5 18.5
600
200 200 200 200 196 177 172 158 147 146 138 142 119

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
9.1 10.5 12.6 14.3 17.1 20.1 21.8 23.7 26.1 28.4 28.7 31.6 33.6
350
76 66 65 64 65 64 63 64 64 64 64 64 64
9.3 10.0 11.8 13.0 14.1 16.4 17.9 19.1 21.3 22.6 24.3 24.3 26.1
400
101 79 74 68 66 64 65 64 65 63 64 64 65
9.9 10.1 10.6 12.9 13.2 16.0 16.5 17.2 20.0 20.7 21.7 23.7 24.8
450
129 97 81 83 75 74 72 70 75 71 70 70 69
9.9 10.2 11.0 12.6 13.2 14.6 16.2 16.9 18.6 18.7 19.2 20.5 21.8
7 500
161 121 105 98 89 85 85 84 82 85 84 86 85
10.5 10.9 11.2 12.7 13.4 14.3 15.0 15.7 18.0 18.6 19.0 19.1 20.4
550
196 147 123 111 102 98 96 98 93 92 96 95 94
10.7 11.2 12.0 12.9 13.9 14.7 15.2 15.5 17.9 17.9 18.1 18.8 19.3
600
200 176 148 128 130 114 110 115 105 112 115 110 107
12.0 12.3 12.5 13.8 14.3 14.8 15.4 15.7 15.8 16.3 17.6 17.6 19.0
600
200 200 200 200 189 165 147 136 127 123 126 117 121

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
9.2 11.5 14.0 16.0 20.5 20.6 24.0 26.5 28.3 31.6 34.4 36.5 38.0
400
67 65 66 65 65 63 65 65 64 64 64 65 66
9.6 10.3 12.5 14.1 16.9 18.5 20.2 21.7 23.9 25.9 28.5 30.3 30.3
450
86 70 70 66 65 66 65 65 65 64 64 65 63
9.7 10.3 11.9 13.4 15.8 16.0 17.0 17.3 19.1 20.5 22.9 24.9 26.0
500
107 84 78 73 70 68 74 69 69 68 65 67 68
10.4 10.6 11.6 13.3 14.5 15.6 16.0 17.1 17.9 19.5 22.7 24.8 24.8
8 550
131 98 86 84 80 80 76 81 77 77 77 74 73
10.7 10.9 11.8 14.1 15.0 15.2 15.6 16.4 17.6 18.1 22.6 24.5 24.5
600
156 117 98 101 91 86 92 91 88 84 81 83 82
12.2 13.6 13.7 14.3 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.6 16.6 17.9 20.0 22.4 22.8
650
200 200 176 151 126 110 98 98 104 96 92 98 94
12.3 13.7 13.9 14.4 15.8 16.0 16.1 16.5 17.0 18.0 20.3 21.3 22.0
700
200 200 200 176 158 128 114 106 106 112 106 108 107

Lightest joist

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 Joist depth selection table

METRIC XXX : Mass of joist (kg/m)

XXX : % of service load to produce a deflection of L/360

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
10.7 12.7 15.3 19.9 21.0 23.7 26.6 30.0 34.7 34.7 36.3 38.1 42.4
450
66 64 66 67 65 64 65 63 65 64 66 64 64
10.5 12.5 13.4 14.8 16.7 18.2 20.1 22.8 30.5 30.5 30.5 32.0 34.2
500
79 73 64 64 66 64 63 64 64 65 64 64 64
10.3 11.4 13.2 14.4 16.4 17.1 18.5 20.3 23.6 24.1 25.8 26.8 29.1
550
91 75 74 70 67 71 68 68 65 65 67 64 65
10.7 11.5 13.7 14.2 15.9 16.0 18.3 20.2 23.5 23.8 25.4 26.1 28.0
9 600
109 86 85 78 79 78 79 73 80 80 76 75 75
12.4 13.6 13.8 14.5 15.2 15.5 18.2 20.0 23.3 23.3 24.7 25.6 26.5
650
181 154 123 106 95 83 94 90 87 88 83 84 82
12.5 13.7 13.9 14.7 15.6 16.2 17.3 19.7 21.5 21.6 23.6 25.3 25.9
700
200 179 143 123 108 111 88 101 91 95 93 94 91
12.7 13.8 14.0 14.9 15.7 16.3 17.6 19.4 19.9 19.9 21.4 22.5 23.6
750
200 195 165 142 125 103 114 114 106 94 96 92 92

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
11.6 13.5 16.8 18.2 21.8 24.7 31.5 33.1 33.6 37.0 42.0 45.5 45.5
500
66 65 64 65 65 64 64 64 64 65 68 69 64
10.5 13.3 13.9 15.6 18.4 20.2 24.6 28.3 28.3 30.0 33.3 36.1 38.4
550
70 68 68 65 65 63 65 65 64 64 64 67 64
11.1 13.2 13.6 14.4 17.2 18.8 21.8 23.9 24.8 26.4 28.6 31.7 35.2
600
83 77 76 70 71 69 67 65 67 65 64 65 68
11.8 13.4 13.7 14.2 16.0 17.8 20.7 22.7 23.2 25.3 27.0 28.9 31.8
10 650
132 112 89 83 78 76 74 72 72 73 69 70 72
11.9 13.5 13.8 14.3 15.4 17.2 19.9 22.3 22.3 24.8 25.2 26.7 29.9
700
153 14 104 87 85 85 81 80 76 83 75 75 80
12.1 13.6 14.0 14.4 15.7 16.8 18.3 19.9 21.6 23.1 25.0 26.5 28.3
750
177 133 120 100 95 98 90 90 87 88 88 89 87
12.3 13.7 14.1 14.5 16.0 17.1 19.3 21.9 21.9 22.9 24.1 26.0 27.4
800
200 172 137 114 98 95 100 96 93 95 93 94 93

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
12.9 13.7 17.7 20.1 23.1 26.1 34.6 34.6 36.8 42.3 45.1 49.8 50.5
550
64 63 66 65 64 65 63 64 65 68 68 69 64
12.8 13.2 14.9 17.2 20.4 22.2 27.0 28.2 31.5 33.9 37.4 39.2 45.6
600
72 71 65 64 65 64 63 64 64 64 64 64 67
13.1 13.4 14.1 15.6 18.7 19.6 22.3 25.2 27.6 29.5 31.7 36.2 37.4
650
112 84 72 67 67 65 64 66 65 64 64 67 66
13.3 13.5 14.2 14.5 17.8 19.2 22.0 23.5 25.3 27.6 29.6 32.0 35.8
11 700
115 98 78 70 76 69 72 71 70 71 69 70 73
13.4 13.7 14.4 14.7 16.3 17.9 20.9 21.9 24.9 26.7 28.0 30.2 32.4
750
133 113 90 81 77 77 77 75 78 78 76 74 75
13.5 13.9 14.6 14.9 17.3 18.8 21.0 21.4 23.2 25.8 27.1 28.5 30.7
800
172 129 103 86 89 88 83 85 82 82 82 81 79
13.8 14.1 14.7 15.0 17.6 19.0 21.3 21.8 23.4 24.6 26.5 27.8 29.1
900
200 164 131 109 104 107 95 98 95 96 97 95 94

Lightest joist

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 Joist depth selection table

METRIC XXX : Mass of joist (kg/m)

XXX : % of service load to produce a deflection of L/360

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
13.9 15.0 18.4 21.4 26.6 32.8 32.8 36.7 42.4 46.1 50.8 50.8 54.6
600
65 65 66 64 64 64 64 66 68 68 68 64 65
13.1 13.4 15.8 18.8 23.3 25.5 28.3 31.6 34.2 38.0 43.3 47.0 47.4
650
86 64 64 65 65 65 65 64 64 64 68 65 65
13.5 13.5 14.4 17.6 20.5 21.9 24.9 27.5 29.5 31.8 36.1 37.5 41.5
700
100 75 67 68 64 64 66 66 65 64 66 65 67
13.5 13.6 14.6 16.5 18.2 21.1 23.4 25.3 27.9 31.1 32.9 36.0 40.9
12 750
115 87 74 75 70 70 70 68 69 70 68 71 74
13.6 13.8 14.7 16.7 18.8 19.6 22.7 23.9 26.7 29.6 31.6 33.2 36.4
800
132 99 79 79 77 76 75 72 75 75 74 72 76
13.8 14.0 14.9 16.8 19.0 19.8 21.4 23.6 25.2 27.4 28.9 30.9 33.5
900
168 126 101 93 94 88 87 89 88 85 85 84 82
14.1 14.3 15.0 17.0 19.1 20.0 21.5 23.7 25.4 27.0 28.3 29.8 31.4
1 000
200 156 125 107 108 102 100 99 97 100 98 96 94

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
13.5 16.6 20.4 23.6 27.3 31.5 35.6 39.5 43.2 46.4 51.1 54.9 63.5
650
67 64 65 64 65 64 64 64 63 64 64 65 67
13.3 15.4 17.9 20.8 23.9 27.2 29.9 33.6 37.5 40.8 45.5 46.5 50.3
700
79 68 64 65 65 65 64 64 64 64 69 64 65
13.4 13.8 15.4 18.2 21.7 23.8 27.6 29.6 32.8 35.9 38.9 41.9 46.9
750
91 68 65 64 65 64 66 65 65 65 64 65 69
13.6 13.9 15.6 17.4 21.2 23.1 25.5 27.2 31.1 33.4 36.6 38.2 42.4
13 800
103 78 69 70 71 68 68 66 67 68 69 67 69
13.7 14.2 15.7 17.6 19.5 21.3 23.3 26.2 28.4 30.8 33.5 37.2 38.5
900
132 99 85 86 85 80 77 78 79 77 77 80 77
13.9 14.8 15.8 17.7 19.6 21.5 23.4 25.3 27.0 28.8 32.4 34.1 37.2
1 000
164 127 98 99 92 92 90 91 91 88 88 88 90
14.1 15.2 15.9 17.9 19.8 21.8 23.6 25.5 27.2 29.1 31.5 32.8 35.1
1 100
199 154 123 103 112 108 102 102 101 101 101 98 100

Factored load (kN/m)

Joist Service load (kN/m)
Span
depth
(m) 4.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 12.0 13.5 15.0 16.5 18.0 19.5 21.0 22.5
(mm)
3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0
14.8 18.0 20.9 25.8 28.9 33.0 36.8 42.1 46.0 49.8 53.5 58.4 67.1
700
68 66 65 65 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 64 68
13.5 15.5 18.9 22.5 25.7 29.3 33.2 38.0 40.8 45.9 46.9 50.2 54.5
750
72 65 66 64 65 65 65 67 64 69 64 64 65
14.1 14.6 17.4 21.0 23.1 26.4 29.2 32.2 35.9 38.5 42.3 47.5 50.5
800
83 67 68 65 65 65 64 64 65 64 64 68 69
14.4 14.8 16.5 19.5 21.5 24.1 26.5 29.7 31.8 34.4 38.5 42.1 43.9
14 900
105 79 83 74 73 72 72 72 70 69 72 74 74
14.6 15.0 16.6 18.5 20.0 22.2 26.1 27.6 29.9 33.5 36.4 38.6 42.0
1 000
135 98 87 86 82 81 86 82 81 80 83 82 84
14.9 15.2 16.9 18.7 20.2 22.4 24.3 26.8 29.0 31.8 34.7 37.9 38.7
1 100
164 119 98 104 96 95 94 92 93 90 92 94 90
15.3 15.5 17.0 18.9 20.5 22.6 24.5 27.1 29.3 32.2 33.2 35.1 38.2
1 200
190 143 114 115 110 105 103 106 102 104 101 99 105

Lightest joist

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