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Old 02-20-2014, 09:05 PM   #7
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I may be totally off base here and happy to defer to the regular forum contributors who are contractors, but don't the building codes here in the northeast take into account the fact that it can and does snow here? Is it really a huge concern for the normal residential dwelling?

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I only mention it cause with 3+ feet of rain saturated snow equals a significant load. Building codes change, so an older structure may not be as well engineered, heck some I looked at when I was looking to purchase didn't look like they were engineered at all. Just sayin...
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