Snow weight on Roof... February 17, 2003, 08:30:44 am Yahoo Message Number: 19051Question: Anyone have any idea how much snow weight the roof of a 1998 26.5 MB can withstand? Since we have received approximately 30" of snow in the last two days I am curious if anyone has had any problems with large amounts of snow deposited on their LD - thanks... Thanks, Greg[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Snow weight on Roof... Reply #1 – February 17, 2003, 09:02:57 am Yahoo Message Number: 19054Greg,I doubt that it is anything to worry about. We had 18" of snow on the LD roof with no problem.Snow varies, but has a typical density of 0.12 g/cm3: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/misc/density.htmlHouse design floor loadings are 20 lbs/ft2 or more: http://www.radix.net/~bobg/books/loading.htmlI doubt that the LD roof loading design is much less, and your 30" would correspond to a loading of 18.7 lbs/ft (if I did the math right).Maybe you could ask the factory if they have any information. If anyone else has better knowledge, let us know. It is an interesting question. (and unfortunately practical
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Snow weight on Roof... Reply #2 – February 17, 2003, 06:11:28 pm Yahoo Message Number: 19080Barry, Thanks for the info. I believed that the weight of the snow would be no big deal but I thought it a good idea to ask members of this list for their advice. Fortunately the temperatures here were
Re: Snow weight on Roof... Reply #3 – February 18, 2003, 06:36:41 pm Yahoo Message Number: 19106Greg,Throw another log on the fire for me. Forget the adult beverages, however, I'm drinking wine.Barry
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