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  1. Aldoman

    Snow Drift from a Sawtooth Roof

    I have a snow drift question. I'm working with a sawtooth roof and the customer wants to add a canopy, at a lower elevation, at the end of the roof. The sawtooth ridge runs parallel to the edge of the roof where the canopy is to be added. So how would one calculate the snow drift on the...
  2. Aldoman

    SNOW DRIFT

    So I'm doing a job in South Carolina where the ground snow load is 5 psf and I have a canopy resting up against a taller building that's over 300 ft long. When I apply the snow drift requirements of ASCE7 to it I end up with about 45 psf maximum snow. Now something seems implausible here. I...

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