WWPA is the leading source of technical information on Western lumber spans and offers a variety of design aids to assist professional users. One of the more popular sources of span information is the Association's Western Lumber Span Tables book, which is available here in a digital format.

Individual tables published in Western Lumber Span Tables (572) can be viewed and published online using Adobe Acrobat. Also, the entire book can be downloaded. Use the links below to download the book or individual tables.

Download full book ($15.00)

Individual Tables (PDF files)

To select an individual table, click on a pattern group below.

Ceiling Joists

Roof Rafters L/180

Roof Rafters L/240

Roof Rafters L/360

For spans for built-up members, see WWPA Tech Note Design Load Tables for Solid-Sawn Lumber Beams and Headers in the Tech Notes section.

Span information for U.S. and Canadian Douglas Fir-Larch and Douglas Fir (North) combination are detailed in the Tech Note Design Values for U.S. and Canadian Species Group Combinations,Tech Notes section. which can be found in the

WWPA also offers a number of other publications and design tools that can be used to determine spans for Western lumber products. These include:

• WWPA Span Computer (SR), a manual slide rule for calculating Western lumber spans.
  

• Western Woods Use Book (WWUB), which includes engineering information for Western products.
  

To order these publications or design tools, go to the WWPA Online Literature Store.

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the Western lumber information included in this Online Technical Guide, WWPA accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions in the information presented herein, or for errors which may occur in downloading and printing any of the files, nor any liability resulting from the use of this information for design and construction applications.

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