Help! Carrying weight

[NancyandRoy]

I have been building a 16 x 16 pole building to serve as my living quaters as I build. I am working on the 1/2 sleeping loft and trying to determine the size of beam I need. Knowing that the floor joist and flooring constitute weight in regards to load capacity, I am trying to figure out the weight of an 8 x16, 2 x6 tongue and groove floorin and the 8 or so 8 ft. 2 x6 floor joist. I know the carrying weight of the beam I want but want to make sure it works.

Help

[NancyandRoy]

I need minimize the size the of the beam also. So, if I have to add support, can I hang it from my 6 x 15 lamenated center beam? Snow load would be for 2400 ft in Northern Idaho.

[hemlock77]

This weight calculator might be a useful tool for what you are doing. <a href="http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/calculators/calc.pl?calculator=weight_bd_ft">http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/calculators/calc.pl?calculator=weight_bd_ft</a>
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