[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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