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Comment by UltraSane

7 days ago

The only limit to how strong you can make a roof is really money. If you space joists or trusses half as far apart you will about double the max snow load.

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derefr  7 days ago

At a certain point the problem stops being the roof, and starts being subsidence of the ground under the increasingly-heavy building.

  • UltraSane  7 days ago

    That would be a LOT of snow.

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