Metal RV Shelter or carport in Minnesota?
I have searched the web for a metal RV shelter and found lots of companies from other parts of the country that build metal RV Shelters. But, I would really like to have someone local do it - And can'...
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Again, we are talking about metal roofs that snow slides off of. Not shingled roofs on houses. Please remain on topic.
Again, I have never seen much depth at all stay on a peaked metal roof. And, we are talking about peaked metal roofs on unheated buildings, not flat roofs or heated homes with rough shingles. In fact, in Minnesota it is extremely rare to see any snow on the peak of an unheated metal roof - Even after an ice storm. There is nothing to hold it up there. It slides off and blows off. Any ice is broken off when the wind slightly shakes the metal roofing. I have seen 20 inches of snow and since the roof is peaked it simply slides or blows off. We are never left with any more than 4 inches or so of snow on the metal roof of any unheated metal buildings with peaked roofs.
Please start your own thread if you want to talk about snow on the roof of heated homes or out buildings.
If you are in Minnesota look at your roof at 1am tonight. Even with six inches of snow you will barely see any remain on the roof. It will blow or slide off since metal is slippery, and since it isn't heated inside the snow does not freeze to the roof. This is simple physics. With nothing to hold the snow there it either blows off or slides off.
Again, I have never seen much depth at all stay on a peaked metal roof. And, we are talking about peaked metal roofs on unheated buildings, not flat roofs or heated homes with rough shingles. In fact, in Minnesota it is extremely rare to see any snow on the peak of an unheated metal roof - Even after an ice storm. There is nothing to hold it up there. It slides off and blows off. Any ice is broken off when the wind slightly shakes the metal roofing. I have seen 20 inches of snow and since the roof is peaked it simply slides or blows off. We are never left with any more than 4 inches or so of snow on the metal roof of any unheated metal buildings with peaked roofs.
Please start your own thread if you want to talk about snow on the roof of heated homes or out buildings.
If you are in Minnesota look at your roof at 1am tonight. Even with six inches of snow you will barely see any remain on the roof. It will blow or slide off since metal is slippery, and since it isn't heated inside the snow does not freeze to the roof. This is simple physics. With nothing to hold the snow there it either blows off or slides off.
dadmomh wrote:
We lived in Cleveland for a few years and I can absolutely guarantee that we had more than 4" of snow on our roof for many days. We never shoveled the roof, but did go around and clear off the icicles and snow that was hanging over the gutters. Even parts of TN had 4"+ this year!
