Quote:
Originally Posted by Lakegeezer
When is removing the snow really needed? Modern houses (say, last 30 years) have been built to codes that expect snow loads. Is 3' of snow with high water content really create a risk of failure? Are those risks greater than the risks of removing it (falls, expense, damage to shingles, creating new water dams)? Some of the older homes and outbuildings not built to code may be a different story - but I am just wondering if I should just leave my very high roof alone, since it was built just a few years ago.
|
I believe most modern homes with a decent pitch to the roof will take a considerable amount of snow weight without a problem. When you take into account multiple small roofs, lots of intersecting interior walls that all help spread the roof load down to load bearing walls.
The roofs I would be most concerned with are detached garages, flat shed roofs, roofs with a very minimal pitch, car ports etc.
But as was stated. any roof that can easily have some of the weight removed, never hurts to do so.