Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown

Re:Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown by eysquared on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:52PM (#49437054)

Cascade mountains. I've seen over 5 feet of snow in under 48 hours, then freezing rain. Its heavy! Lots of these "it'll be fine" type structures collapsed.

Building code for snow load is a factor of location and elevation here. We are around 130 lb/sq ft.

Roof pitch can help with shedding, but then you've got other problems (roof avalanches can and do kill, not to mention snow up against materials that don't want to be wet all winter).

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Re:Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown by cucumber3732842 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:44PM (#49442779)

> We are around 130 lb/sq ft

That's not too bad, that's just a floor (and that's for a flat roof, it gets less demanding with pitch).

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