Defending your home.

[Highlander]

(30 September 2013, 18:43)Scythe13 Wrote:

(30 September 2013, 17:43)Highlander Wrote: As far as the roof is concerned, those of us living in Scotland have an advantage, because our roofs are built differently to those in England..[ honestly ]

Our roofs are designed to take heavy snow, so the roof is made up just like a shed roof, i.e. its not just batterns and tiles its a solid wooden roof onto which the tiles are placed

I was talking to a friend about extending out whole house out another 5 meters. Turns out our roofs need to be able to bear 4 tonnes worth of snow. How much are you carrying up there HL?

Well we are lucky enough not to get a lot of snow here very often, we are protected by the Gulf Stream,.. but this is a Scottish wide building regs, so I dont know the details,.... it could well have come about because of areas like Avimore or the Caingorms, where they do really get lots of snow