Super heavy snow?

Admittedly there may have been a big thaw but it looks more like a construction flaw being to blame than the snow.

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"A family has been forced to leave their home in South Yorkshire after a part of it collapsed under the weight of the snow, the fire service has said."

Tim

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Doesn't look enough snow to be significant there.

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harry

Looks like Paul's Driveways have expanded into general building.

Owain

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Metro says: People living in the street said snow had piled onto a car port at the side of the house, which gave way and brought the gable end of the council property down.

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sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a few bricks and the wall above would follow

Owain

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That makes sense. I wonder how many folk think about that when fitting a cantilevered roof like that?

Tim

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> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

Which still comes down to poor construction, as Tim suggested.

Colin Bignell

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Nightjar

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> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

Yes, I think being *that* cantilevered would do it!

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Andy Burns

Did you manage to find the lock on your car?

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Mr Pounder

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>>> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

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Andy Bartlett

The supporting wall would have to have to be pretty damn strong for that design to work. I'm thinking a number of 6" I beams 3 or 4 feet into the ground, though if cast into the raft/foundations one could probably reduce that.

Some one really didn't do their home work properly when they designed that or maybe it was supposed to have supports along the distant edge and the builders didn't bother. The edge looks very close to if not overhanging the boundary.

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Dave Liquorice

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>>>>> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

Do you think its the down pipe or the 1x1 that's holding it up? Maybe the 1x1 is bracing the half finished fence?

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dennis

You'd hope there was more than those two gallows brackets holding each of them up ...

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Andy Burns

Yes, 50mmx50mm was too generous, maybe 38mmx38mm ?

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Andy Burns

Looks like they got a twofer deal from some supplier of badly engineered car ports.

I thought I was over engineering our new (part completed) car port but now I'm not so sure.

Certainly can't see any 100 * 100 steel posts holding that up.

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Dave R

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>>>>> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

pipe for the gutter...

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John Rumm

Is heavy snow made from heavy water?

Brian

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Brian Gaff

before.

JGH

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En el artículo , David.WE.Roberts escribió:

They just look so *wrong* somehow. Mind you, the houses themselves are nothing special either.

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Mike Tomlinson

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>>>>>>>>>>> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

may be it is designed like the crumple zones on a car so that if something falls on it it won't dammage the house.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which sounds more plausible as a cantilevered carport could pull out a

PS I was referring to the flimsy one.

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