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1170.3 Snow Actions - Obstructed Sloping Roofs

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Looking at a two level residential building with a 45 roof. The client would to open up the building with the house by raising sloped roof to approximately 20 degree.

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As the snow will now be obstructed, per figure 7.2 1170.3, it appears the existing truss would be exposed to a significantly larger snow load. For slopes greater than 10 degrees, do the formulas in figure 7.2 get reduced by factor (60-∝)/50 as is done for Figure 3? Refer below.

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My interpretation is that the reduction only applies where it is specifically noted for a specific case. So it does not apply to figure 7.2(c) situations.

Clause 7.4 specifically applies only to abrupt steps as shown in figure 7.3 which isn't your particular case.

 
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