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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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