[Greenbuilding] glass panels as porch roof?
Peter/Pam Martin
p2j2 at shaw.ca
Tue Jan 14 20:20:01 CST 2014
At 08:37 AM 1/14/2014, Clarke wrote:
>Actually... this is my second glass roof: the first one was torn-off
>by ice 10 years ago. On that version, the battens holding the glass
>down were cedar 5/4 x 3, and I thought that their relatively rough
>surface had allowed the ice to get a grip. The main roof is 7.5/12
>(aka 10/16, the golden mean) steel, allowing the ice to slide, that
>time taking my panels with it. The real problem was thinking that a
>few electroplated nails would hold in a cedar facia. This one is bolted.
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Perhaps you could put snow guards above the glass panels. Peter
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