Construction Zone: building, remodeling, additions: Roof over a patio area

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Author Content taj12 Parkersburg, WV January 26, 2008 01:40 PM Post #4456865 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 02:04 PM Post #4456970 I googled 'wood beam load' and came up with these two sites. Good luck! http://www.awc.org/pdf/WSDD/C2B.pdf http://www.umass.edu/bmatwt/publications/articles/calculatin... taj12 Parkersburg, WV January 27, 2008 03:58 AM Post #4459587 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 It helps that I'm a database administrator myself - I know how the search terms work ;-)

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