petebert
Silver Member
Menards 24x50 pole barn. They include a box a 60d 6" nails and don't tell you how many you need to use. I'm wanting to use Spax construction lags instead of the nails.
So here's my thinking, 25lb snow load, 10lb dead weight, add in a buffer, so lets say 40lbs x 24 x 50 = 48000lbs of potential weight on the headers.
There's a north and south wall, so each wall will hold 24,000lbs. One header on each side of the posts, so 12,000 per side and there's a post every 10' so 2400lbs per 10' section. So is this the correct way to think of this, are the fasteners for each 10' section responsible for 2400lbs of weight?
Now I look at the Spax specs, 250lbs/in for the 5/16 screws and they include this note "Withdrawal” design values are to be multiplied by the length of the thread penetration into the side grain of the main member. Length includes tip." So I believe this means if I got a 6" screw, subtract 1.5 for the header thickness, that leaves you with 4.5 x 250 for 1125lbs per screw. So 2 screws per post would give me 4500lbs per 10' section.
So here's my thinking, 25lb snow load, 10lb dead weight, add in a buffer, so lets say 40lbs x 24 x 50 = 48000lbs of potential weight on the headers.
There's a north and south wall, so each wall will hold 24,000lbs. One header on each side of the posts, so 12,000 per side and there's a post every 10' so 2400lbs per 10' section. So is this the correct way to think of this, are the fasteners for each 10' section responsible for 2400lbs of weight?
Now I look at the Spax specs, 250lbs/in for the 5/16 screws and they include this note "Withdrawal” design values are to be multiplied by the length of the thread penetration into the side grain of the main member. Length includes tip." So I believe this means if I got a 6" screw, subtract 1.5 for the header thickness, that leaves you with 4.5 x 250 for 1125lbs per screw. So 2 screws per post would give me 4500lbs per 10' section.