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  1. PBengineer

    Using "roof snow load" as a design load

    (boy,I hope this isn't a dumb question...) dik-where does GSL=RSL/0.8 come from? I've never seen this in the UBC or IBC. When would you use just this, and not account for drifting snow over the ridge on a gabled roof?
  2. PBengineer

    Using "roof snow load" as a design load

    I've been engineering small pole-type buildings for about 5 years now. 3 years ago, we switched over to the IBC from the 1997 UBC. Our company requires that our customers obtain snow loads from the counties for us to use in design. Many counties provide them with "roof snow loads", and I know...

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