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Steel I Beams Raider Bill 12-27-2006
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Posted by Raider Bill on December 27, 2006, 12:33 pm
Does anyone know what a 8 inch I beam weighs per foot?
How far will one span un supported. We are looking at a spanning 40
foot in 2 sections with poured post / piller in the middle for support.
2 X 12 floor joists will be attached.


Posted by Bob Morrison on December 27, 2006, 12:36 pm
In a previous post Raider Bill wrote...
> Does anyone know what a 8 inch I beam weighs per foot?
> How far will one span un supported. We are looking at a spanning 40
> foot in 2 sections with poured post / piller in the middle for support.
> 2 X 12 floor joists will be attached.
>

8-inch "W" sections weigh anywhere from 10 lbs/ft up to 67 lbs/ft

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Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com

Posted by Raider Bill on December 27, 2006, 1:38 pm

Thanks Bob, Been working on a floor joist plan for the ICF house I want
to build this year. 40X50 below grade walkout basement.


Posted by Michael Bulatovich on December 27, 2006, 4:01 pm

> Does anyone know what a 8 inch I beam weighs per foot?

The second number (in imperial designations) is the weight in pounds per
linear foot, so a W8x27 is (about) 8 inches deep, and weighs (about) 27
pounds per foot. Similar but different in metric designations.
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MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca



Posted by Bob Morrison on December 27, 2006, 6:51 pm
In a previous post Michael Bulatovich wrote...
> The second number (in imperial designations) is the weight in pounds per
> linear foot, so a W8x27 is (about) 8 inches deep, and weighs (about) 27
> pounds per foot. Similar but different in metric designations.
>

Yes. Nominal depth x wt/ft. The "W" part is a shape designator. There
are also "S" and "HP" sections. You may also run across older I-shaped
sections with the designation of "WF" or "B".

Metric sections tend to have slightly different profiles -- mostly in the
taper of the flanges and in the fillets where the web and flanges meet.

--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com

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