Trada Span Tables

[Eddman]

Do we REALLY Have to pay for them??? does anyone have a PDF version or know where to get one?

thanks

Eddy

 

[^woody^]

Anyone got any blue rays or software downloads while we are at it?

 

[Eddman]

point taken woody - illegally sharing something is wrong to do!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

They're on the planning portal within the ye oldie archived 1992 version of Part A. unless you want the actual Trada ones which yes you have to pay, Trada are not a charity!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

http://ecoskies.com/mrec/00000000.pdf

 

[Eddman]

i already have the Document A tables but more and more frequently i was being told by B.C. that my member sizes (oo-er!) were over stressed and need to be increased...thanks freddymercurystwin.

 

[tony1851]

i already have the Document A tables but more and more frequently i was being told by B.C. that my member sizes (oo-er!) were over stressed and need to be increased...thanks freddymercurystwin.

That's nonsense. The old tables were based on permissible stress design to BS 5628, while the modern tables are to EC 5 (limit state design). Both work to a distributed live load of 1.5kN/m² so neither table will result in over-stressed members. I think the main difference is the eurocode requirement for limiting vibration in domestic settings, which is not a stress - issue.