10-03-2015, 10:19 PM
(10-03-2015, 09:31 PM)Smore Wrote: I'm certainly no expert on structural engineering, but wouldn't snow load have something to do with why there is a pitch on most roofs? Well, that and the alternative cost design to otherwise handle the weight of snow and deflect such?
For sure, I wouldn't recommend building a flat roof house in this climate unless the house is made of concrete or steel I-beams. However there are alternative pitched roofs designs that do not look like gingerbread houses.