[AT] Snoow load

[Ricky Prescott]

Don't forget to install lightning rods.  You don't want your plugs fowled.
Ricky
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From: <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: [AT] Snoow load


> I have noticed in driving around this last week that this part of Central
Indiana has
> lost a lot of barns and tool sheds this winter. That roughly 2 foot snow
fall earlier
> which is so rare here was just too much for a number of them. It was not
windy when it
> fell and it was a little sticky so it just piled up on the roofs. I did
wonder a little
> about a few of my roofs especially the 28'x64' tool shed which has one
open face. It is
> pretty flat and that shed was built with light framing (by a previous
owner of that
> property) about 1959. The 3 large barns all have fairly steep roofs and
since they are
> all metal roofs if the snow gets too heavy it generally slides off. They
are also framed
> heavy. A few of the tool sheds/pole barns that went down didn't look all
that old. I
> didn't see any that looked like the tractors and stuff stored inside had
been uncovered
> yet. Of course it rained during much of January on the days that it was
not an icy/snowy
> mess or zero temps.
> I have promised myself that I will do a little work on that tool shed to
make it a
> little stronger before next winter.$100 or less worth of lumber can do a
lot to beef up
> the trussing (of which it has almost none) in the rafter area and is
pretty cheap
> insurance. I also want to tie the rafters down better with a few anchors
all the way down
> to the foundation. It seems like we have been getting a lot more high
winds over the last
> few years. Again very cheap insurance.
>
> --
> "farmer", Esquire
> At Hewick Midwest
>       Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
> Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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