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I am using Superbeam 4 which is based on BS449, a copy of which I don't have. I thought it was a straight forward question - 6m or 6.1m? Or any I completely confused!

When entering the span length in a beam calc program like Superbeam should it be the clear span or the span between bearing centres? I have two load bearing walls 6m apart which I wish to span for a loft conversion. The beam will be placed on 100 mm wide bearing plates or pad stones so the...