Hi! My porch roof (plastic) collapsed under the weight of snow last winter. Now I'm going to build a new one, and I'm considering how to make it as stable as possible despite the low pitch. I want it to look the same as before, but of course, I want it to hold up this time.
Is there anything I can do to increase durability while maintaining the same roof pitch? Does the type of plastic roofing matter? Or would more rafters help? Thicker posts? Anything else?
Is there anything I can do to increase durability while maintaining the same roof pitch? Does the type of plastic roofing matter? Or would more rafters help? Thicker posts? Anything else?
The bearing strip (is that what it's called?) that attaches everything to the house is still in place, but the studs have come down and one of the posts that held them up has broken in the middle. A couple of the plastic sheets have also broken, but I suspect that happened when they hit the ground.
Here you can experiment a bit with dimensions, https://www.byggbeskrivningar.se/dimensionering/altan-med-takkonstruktion/
I have a GOP plastic roof set with a 4-degree slope. GOP recommends at least 6 degrees but I'm a rebel.....
It has been up since 2016 without problems.
What slope do you need to build with?
I have a GOP plastic roof set with a 4-degree slope. GOP recommends at least 6 degrees but I'm a rebel.....
It has been up since 2016 without problems.
What slope do you need to build with?
Ooo, thanks! I hadn't found that. But the plastic itself doesn't really matter then, it's "only" the wooden construction I need to think about?K Kane said:
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You can complement with a snow guard from the overlying roof, if that was what happened.....
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You can complement with a snow guard from the overlying roof, if that was what happened.....
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