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Friday, October 24, 2025
Flat roofs in snow country - dunno if that's a good idea
Has anyone ever developed roofs that get snowed on and then rise to create a steeper roof pitch to help get the snow to slide off? Motors and/or hydraulics to put the angle up to something better for that? I don't think I'd trust it, but it sure sounds like something some artist architect would try.
Eh, there are places that get snow and then there is degrees of "snow country", 2-4 feet of snow is one thing, but what works for that isn't near enough for somewhere like Cordova or Valdez, Ak.
Snow is heavy!
ReplyDeleteIt’s also cold and wet!
ReplyDeleteBetteridge’s Law of Headlines states:
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That roof would be much easier and safer to muck the snow off of for an old fart like myself.
ReplyDeleteSteep pitched roves with lots of snow are cleared fairly easily with a roof rake. I did it for years in Minneapolis.
DeleteMinneapolis snow is one thing. Sierra Cement is another thing altogether.
DeleteArchitects get paid first.
ReplyDeleteIf it's concrete slabs and steel, okay. But I'd be concerned about coming home after a blizzard and finding the chimney covered.
ReplyDeleteHence the expression "Keep the home fires burning".
DeleteHas anyone ever developed roofs that get snowed on and then rise to create a steeper roof pitch to help get the snow to slide off? Motors and/or hydraulics to put the angle up to something better for that? I don't think I'd trust it, but it sure sounds like something some artist architect would try.
ReplyDeleteOr Frank Lloyd Wright. Either way, the roof leaks.
DeleteEh, there are places that get snow and then there is degrees of "snow country", 2-4 feet of snow is one thing, but what works for that isn't near enough for somewhere like Cordova or Valdez, Ak.
ReplyDeleteOne built on the Snake River in SW Idaho. It has hot water plumbed through it similar to a heated floor.
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