Why snow load information.
Roof snow load kirkland.
The carport roof shall be able to support a minimum of 25 psf for snow load.
The minimum roof snow load in king county is 25.
The minimum design roof snow load.
Psf as defined in k c c.
Step 3 apply for a building permit.
If you live in the us our snow load calculator compares the total weight on your roof with the permissible load calculated according to the standards issued by the american society of civil engineers regarding the minimum design loads for buildings and other structures asce7 16.
The flat roof snow load is calculated using formula 7 3 1.
Other considerations for sloped roofs can be found throughout chapter 7 of asce 7 10.
The snow load that is applied to our structure is not the ground snow load but in most cases the flat roof snow load.
Department means the department of.
Development and environmental services of king county.
If you have any questions or concerns about specific ground snow loads within the state of washington please call us at 1 425 741 5555.
A great deal of confusion currently exists among engineers architects recreation specialists and maintenance personnel concerning the proper snow loading to use for the design and maintenance of trail bridges building roofs and other structures in mountainous high snow load areas.
Calling 425 587 3600 or coming in to kirkland city hall to speak with us.
In our case let s assume that our structure has a flat roof roof slope 5.
The sloped roof snow load p s shall be obtained by multiplying the flat roof snow load p f by the roof slope factor c s.
Roof snow load means the weight.
In addition to actual dead loads for gravity design seismic and wind loads shall be considered for lateral design.
The north zone design live load equates to 40 pounds per square foot the middle zone equates to 30 pounds per square foot and the south zone equates to 20 pounds per square foot.
Ground snow and rain loads ground snow load rain load for the province of ontario as tabulated in appendix c of nbc 1995 name of location cambridge 1 50 31 32 0 40 8 35 campbellford 1 60 33 41 0 40 8 35 cannington 2 00 41 76 0 40 8 35 carleton place 2 30 48 02 0 40 8 35 cavan 1 80 37 58 0 40 8 35 centralia 2 10 43 85 0 40 8 35 chapleau 3 70 77.
Use our roof snow load calculator to determine your design roof snow loads.
Schilke civil agricultural engineering montana state university august 1989.