Snow Loads... they are adding up on those roofs

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Just to make you all aware, at least those who may be looking on from afar - the snow depths have been adding up - not just with this storm but since the snow began to fall earlier this year. That is a pretty significant snow load on everyone's roof.

Last weekend I shoveled off my roof and while it didn't look like much up there I measured about 2.5 feet of total cover with some drifting which caused it to be a little deeper in spots, what lay under the freshly fallen snow was layer after layer of condensed snow, ice, ice pellets etc... which is not terribly surprising considering that prior the past week or so it has been snowing, icing, raining, warming up then cooling down which compacts the existing snow and saturates it then freezes. Very heavy stuff, so something to consider as we continue to get snow fall in the lakes region. Just putting it out there... if you have a roof that does not shed itself and has a flatter pitch and was not built to any kind of code per say, it may be worth the effort to get it cleared off.

That also goes for any buildings that are close to the ground, chances are the snow is packed up against the side of it which is probably not the most ideal situation if you don't have plastic siding.