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Engineered & Certified Carport

Some of these carports can be engineered & certified to withstand the snow load the customer specifies. The problem is most customers (or sales reps) don't know what load to specify, and don't want to spend extra money anyway, so they end up with something engineered to withstand all of 10 PSF.
 
There are two issues.

Did the design comply with the building code and was a permit obtained? In terms of code compliance certification has no meaning.

What load was it certified to resist and what load was on it when it failed. Certification creates a contractual obligation independent of code compliance.
 
Mark K said:
There are two issues.Did the design comply with the building code and was a permit obtained? In terms of code compliance certification has no meaning.
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Mark K -

Bingo. That's all I care about. 30# roof load, 90 wind speed, seismic D.

Sue
 
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Sue,

We`re all about amusing! :devil Please keep on posting the pics.!

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I love these things. People have them installed without permits 99% of the time and then come to me when their boat gets squashed and insurance won't cover the loss. engineering cost 3 to 5 hundred dollars on average and adds a few structural components to meet the engineering requirements. The carports should have canned engineering or listings for these POS's but don't. A good snow usually culls the herd on these.
 
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