I plan to remove a doorway into a hall. The wall is load-bearing, and I would like to install a steel beam with a maximum height of 70mm to support the ceiling. The opening will be 150cm wide. The house is a single-story townhouse with a flat roof, so the load is not particularly high, I live in Stockholm so we don't have that much snow. It doesn’t matter much if the beam bends a little under maximum load.
Are there any suitable steel beams that should meet the requirements, and should it be a U- or H-beam?
Best regards,
Michel
Are there any suitable steel beams that should meet the requirements, and should it be a U- or H-beam?
Best regards,
Michel
It is a single-story townhouse built in 1957 based on wall and roof elements (Elementhus), so there is no traditional framework. The doorway is in the middle wall of the house, which has a total width of around 5.5 m and crosses the direction of the roof trusses.
So the roof trusses rest on this wall, even though it's only 5.5 meters in span? Are you sure it's load-bearing?
Edit: And now I realized that it's a flat roof and not a traditional roof structure. I think someone else should answer how you should dimension it, this is outside my area of expertise.
Edit: And now I realized that it's a flat roof and not a traditional roof structure. I think someone else should answer how you should dimension it, this is outside my area of expertise.
Anyone know if there are HEA or HEB beams that are a maximum of 70 mm high?
In the lists I've found, there are no measurements, only product names like "HEB 100". Is "100" = 100 mm in height?
In the lists I've found, there are no measurements, only product names like "HEB 100". Is "100" = 100 mm in height?
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