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Roof Renovation
JAE, thanks for your reply. I understand the load reduction sections, in particular the area and slope reductions at paragraph 4.8 for roofs. What I'm not understanding is the use of the minimum roof live load specified at Table 4-1 in the para 2.3.2 load combinations that call for both "L"...- BTAboy
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Roof Renovation
Can someone concisely explain how "L", the live load, and "L-sub-r", the roof live load are employed in load combinations at paragraph 2.3.2 of ASCE "Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Structures" (second printing incorporating errata identified through Apr 6, 2011)? At para 4.1 of that...- BTAboy
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