6 meter roof span

Normally most timber merchants won't stock 6.6m lengths of timber. Typically they will be a special order, so you will have to have overlapping joints. The are going to me mighty heavy to lift and position.

I would be tempted to make up my own I beams / box beams with cheaper timber and OSB/Ply.

 

What about engineered I joists much easier to work with, span not an issue, lighter to handle.




https://www.jamesjones.co.uk/ewp/

 

That what I was saying about the I beam, easy enough to knock up on site and a lot cheaper than the commercial ones. Last time I made some I used the calcs I found the web somewhere

 

I'm reading it to be a pitched roof as opposed to an apex.

I'm also thinking that it hasn't got enough fall on it to not become very heavy if it got covered in snow.!!!

Any road 6x2 are not strong enough for that span even at 400 centres.

If at all possible I would fit a steel across it in the middle, it shouldn't interfere with head height as it would be around 2.8 metres less its depth of say 150mm so 2.65 metres.

 

How long are your rafters?
Whats the size of the building?

 

The way I'm reading it they would be 3.75 metres long.

 

The problem will be spread because of the low pitch.
I read the OP as 6m rafter length

 

I read it as a pent roof style? Higher at 1 end, 6 mtrs long ?

 

Thats half the challenge on here, deciphering the posts.

 

Exactly as I did, and looking at the heights not much fall in terms of % of pitch.

 

OP clearly state's the bolting of two together making a total 6.6 metre length.

 

Just read it again.
Its a pent roof?????

Don't bolt it. Thats a cowboy job
Run a purlin/beam half way or get some 12x2 at 7m and thats pricey stuff

 

Where did that come from then?