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Re: DANGER: RADON

Derek Broughton

2005-07-18, 6:25 pm

Robert Morein wrote:

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> But, I thought that builders increase the pitch of the roof at high
> latitudes, causing them to shed a lot of the load, and reducing the load
> per square foot. Ie., the roof typically found on a Swiss chalet. My
> house, a bit north of Philadelphia, has a roof pitch I estimate at 15
> degrees. The snow comes off within a week due to melting.
>
> What is the pitch of your roof?

They used to do that. Now they build them any way you want, and engineer
the trusses to match. My current house has a 45 degree pitch, but the
first couple I lived in when we came to Ontario had 1 in 12 pitches.
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derek

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