Snow on roof
Over the years, there have been many posts about should I, or shouldn't I, shovel the snow off my RV roof? With all the snow that has fallen in the Boston area, is there a big problem with roofs co...
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First of all the comment 'if you can stand on your roof it will be ok' with the snow is SO WRONG.
If that were the case you wouldn't see all the roofs collapsing on commercial building and house roofs during this past year. :R
The snow needs to be removed. There is a formula out there that explains how many inches of snow load causes how much extra weight. All roofs are designed to carry a specific load and it never includes the weight of excessive snow.
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What happens is that when the sun comes out and it doesn't matter how cold it is, it starts melting the layer on top of the roof under the snow and then the temps go down at night and it freezes.
This frozen layer under the snow load starts breaking apart all the vent flanges, seals, etc on your roof. You WILL have leaks come spring.
From Wisconsin, from experience.
And I will also add do NOT use a brush to sweep off the snow from the sides of your RV where the decals are. I did and because they are brittle from the cold come spring I saw I had broken off small pieces of the edges with the broom.:(
If that were the case you wouldn't see all the roofs collapsing on commercial building and house roofs during this past year. :R
The snow needs to be removed. There is a formula out there that explains how many inches of snow load causes how much extra weight. All roofs are designed to carry a specific load and it never includes the weight of excessive snow.
AND
What happens is that when the sun comes out and it doesn't matter how cold it is, it starts melting the layer on top of the roof under the snow and then the temps go down at night and it freezes.
This frozen layer under the snow load starts breaking apart all the vent flanges, seals, etc on your roof. You WILL have leaks come spring.
From Wisconsin, from experience.
And I will also add do NOT use a brush to sweep off the snow from the sides of your RV where the decals are. I did and because they are brittle from the cold come spring I saw I had broken off small pieces of the edges with the broom.:(
