all put away

Did a bit of resaerch for you.
Woodstock N.B. averages 109" of snow every winter.
A cubic foot of snow weights between 5 to 20 lbs depending on water content.
The roof looks like its 16x8 ft = 128 sq ft.
6" of snow = 64 cu ft
Could weight anywhere between 300 to 1200 lbs.
I'll bet you often get a Foot of snow or more in one day.

I'm in Ottawa, in 2007 we got 14ft of snow.
I know snow.
That roof will have a short life..... Just saying.

I am hoping I will be able to keep it cleared off. I can't foresee a situation where I will not be here. I do not work so I am always home.

It should never have more than a few inches on it before I would have it cleared off.

I may also lower the outer wall some more to make a steeper slope.

I do have another option I am considering. I store 4 cord of wood in my garage. I may put the wood out here and put the pup in the garage. It just isn't ideal because I need this area to store the pup in the spring and it will never be as dry as the garage and it would be a pain to retrieve the wood all winter. But I could try it for this winter and if no problems arise I could put the pup under next year.

Thanks for the suggestions westend. My initial plan was to use plastic roofing panels but with wanting to remove the structure every spring I am sure the plastic panels would get busted. I may put posts next to the house but then it requires a lot of bracing to make it as sturdy as it is right now and there isn't room to put one in the center.

Hopefully I am not in for a bad awakening. Maybe the canoe will take all of the damage if I am wrong and if not I guess the new trailer is coming sooner than later.

I've just got to add to this to maybe save the OP some trouble.
First, I'm assuming you're in New Brunswick, CA, right? You're North of Maine, US? OK, I think you get some significant snow up there and it isn't all of the nice powdery stuff that flies around in the mountains.

After the last winter, I now use the term White Devil in place of the more generic "snow". I have a fabric covered storage building that is shaped like a Quonset style, ie. it has steel hoops that are almost an inverted "U". I was remiss on removing one heavy lot of the White Devil and when it again came down, so did the fabric. Your structure should perform about the same or even worse. Worse, because you have those runners on top of the rafters that are perpendicular to the slope. That will make a perfect compartment for the snow to fill and hold on top of your tarp. If it was me, I'd remove the plastic tarp and add some thin sheeting, fastened to those runners. I'm thinking 5 sheets of 1/4" hardboard and a quart of varnish or paint is around $40-$50. Put the plastic back on the hardboard. This will get you by for a few years, is cheap, and you won't have hardly the trouble as the tarp over the frame.

I wouldn't chance leaving the roof supported by the lagged fasteners. They may hold but the risk would have me doing it different. It sounds like you are trying to accomplish all of this by making the structure fall under the "temporary" building code classification as opposed to an addition to your house or a permanent out building. Since you're familiar with the post arrangement of post on block with steel bracket, I would suggest to duplicate that on the house side. That would make your structure free-standing and may still keep it "temporary" in nature. For extra stability, you could anchor the post base blocks, using an arrangement that will keep to the temporary aspect (able to remove the base block). If you can add a few pieces of lumber to tie the corners to a post or all of the posts together, you'll increase the stability of the structure by 40%.

It's awful easy to analyze and spend another blokes money from a keyboard, just offering it up here so you don't have a big headache. Good luck with your addition!

westend wrote:

Suggestion: Tie the bottoms of each of those posts together with a 2 x 6.

yes, I am going to get one so I can also attach the side tarp to it.

Fizz wrote:
Post a picture after the first heavy snow.
You're in for a suprise.

I am not going to let it build up with any snow. It is at my home and I am always here.

That side of the house will generally only accumulate a few inches of snow where the other sides will get feet of snow. Just the way the wind blows.

Post a picture after the first heavy snow.
You're in for a suprise.

I would suggest that you brace the house edge of that with two more 4 x 4's.

Your tarp, and possibly the top most runners, are going to fail with an appreciable heavy snow but the whole roof may support enough weight to pull the house side fasteners out.

Roof snow load in my area (Northern Midwest) is calculated at 40 lb/sq. ft. for sloped roof. You can do the math and find out what the total weight of your roof should hold.

Suggestion: Tie the bottoms of each of those posts together with a 2 x 6.

VERY NICE job, popup

loulou57 wrote:
Looks good.I have one question (sorry married to a carpenter, LOL) How have you got it secured to the house?

Looks like they took a row of siding loose and put some kind of hooks on the house

Thats_Ok wrote:
:(

Sad to see the season ending...





Not for us over here though :)

yes it is sad. was able to get 24 nights though. Great summer.