Pre Eng building canopy
Pre Eng building canopy
(OP)
On top of the Exterior door, contractor install canopy. Size of canopy is 1.2mt wide and 1.8mt long. Because of snow drift, snow load on that canopy called for 10 Kpa. Which engineer wants to confirm.
Is it make sense to consider 10kap load to design this small canopy?
Please share any thoughts
Is it make sense to consider 10kap load to design this small canopy?
Please share any thoughts






RE: Pre Eng building canopy
Be careful what you hang it on.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Pre Eng building canopy
It does not seem likely that a 10 kPa snow load on such a small canopy would have significant cost ramifications, so why not just stick with the code?
BA
RE: Pre Eng building canopy
As for 10kpa...yes, that's a bit high, but considering where you are located and the drift because of the geometry of the canopy, it is probably not unreasonable, since you wouldn't want the entry blocked by a collapse.
Do as BAretired noted...follow the code. When you compute the drift, you'll find that because your canopy is short, your trapezoidal load distribution won't vary much from front to back of the canopy.
RE: Pre Eng building canopy
RE: Pre Eng building canopy