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Typical Long Span Beam Situations |
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In housing construction, most long span situations fall into the range of 4-8m spans. A number of common scenarios are shown below.
Situation 1: Double garage door openings
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Situation 2: Cafe door opening
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Situation 3: Creating open span rooms within the subfloor of an existing house
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Situation 4: Support for a new storey above an existing ceiling
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Situation 5: Support for an upper storey set back from
the lower storey walls
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Situation 6: Strutting/counter beams over open plan room layouts
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