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taj12
Parkersburg, WV
January 26, 2008
1:40 PM Post #4456865
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I live in the western part of West Virginia, the Ohio River side.I have a patio That I am wanting to put a roof over not a Pergola an actual roof. The patio is 16ft by 16ft. I would like to make the roof cover16 wide and 12 or 14 ft out from house. I am having trouble trying to find out if I need to run 2x6's, 2x8's or 2x10's for the rafters.
I do not know the strenght of the lumber on a long run and figure in snow loads.
I am just wondering if anyone knows where besides a contractor I might get some helpful advice.
Thanks Tim |
BackyardZoo
Poquoson, VA
(Zone 7b)
January 26, 2008
2:04 PM Post #4456970
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I googled 'wood beam load' and came up with these two sites. Good luck!
[HYPERLINK@www.awc.org]
[HYPERLINK@www.umass.edu]
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taj12
Parkersburg, WV
January 27, 2008
3:58 AM Post #4459587
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Thanks I had tried Google But never could get the exact right words to get usable info |
BackyardZoo
Poquoson, VA
(Zone 7b)
January 27, 2008
11:39 AM Post #4460145
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It helps that I'm a database administrator myself - I know how the search terms work ;-) |
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