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General Forestry => Timber Framing/Log construction => Topic started by: Don P on February 28, 2023, 07:47:47 AM

Title: Roof loads
Post by: Don P on February 28, 2023, 07:47:47 AM
This short article was re-posted recently on a question that comes up pretty often;

Calculating Loads on Sloped Roofs | JLC Online (https://www.jlconline.com/how-to/framing/calculating-loads-on-sloped-roofs_o?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=Article&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JLC_022623&)
Title: Re: Roof loads
Post by: Jim_Rogers on February 28, 2023, 08:59:52 AM
Thanks for posting that link.

Personally, when I figure the loads on a rafter, I use the snow load (live load) as level and the dead load as the actual length of the roof/rafter.

Jim Rogers