Changing the view around the yard

[ebinmaine 67,498]

Just now, Oldskool said:

Just in time for the rain? It must have started down there by now?

Yes sir that's correct.

Nice even ground soaking light rain started sometime last night and is supposed to go off and on until tomorrow morning. 

 

[EricF 589]

You may want to put some of those snow stop tabs over the eaves, especially around the door and out back. The snow slides off a metal roof really well -- sometimes too well. Makes for quite the avalanche after a heavy snow. Enough to be a safety concern. And it may change the way the ground saturates in the spring, since there will have likely been more snow piled up -- unless you've already been raking your roof a lot in the winter.

 

We had solar panels on the roof of our house in N'Hampsha' -- Once those were installed, more snow tended to come down all at once on the back side of the house, making a bigger pile on the ground. It was wetter back there for a while every Spring since there was more water soaked into that area. It can make mud season last a bit longer.

[ebinmaine 67,498]

52 minutes ago, EricF said:

You may want to put some of those snow stop tabs over the eaves, especially around the door and out back. The snow slides off a metal roof really well -- sometimes too well. Makes for quite the avalanche after a heavy snow. Enough to be a safety concern. And it may change the way the ground saturates in the spring, since there will have likely been more snow piled up -- unless you've already been raking your roof a lot in the winter.

 

We had solar panels on the roof of our house in N'Hampsha' -- Once those were installed, more snow tended to come down all at once on the back side of the house, making a bigger pile on the ground. It was wetter back there for a while every Spring since there was more water soaked into that area. It can make mud season last a bit longer.

All good information there. And thank you.

 

We've been in the habit of removing the snow from the first 3 to 5 ft of the roof for several years now.

The other 10 ft plus just melts right down where it was going to land anyways.

One of the great things about this yard is drainage is not a concern. Even the lowest point of my foundation is above the natural grade of the land.

The foundation has perforated drain all the way around it and does very very well.

 

Removing the snow at the front steps that are pictured is the only thing that's really going to be any kind of a challenge.

Those ancient granite steps are nowhere near anything to do with even surface and we try as hard as we can not to salt them so as not to damage them. But we do keep them clear.

 

The back is a daylight basement and the snow blower can be brought right up to the door.

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

On our place we have an angle iron type piece that goes all the way across a couple feet up from the edge that holds the snow for it to melt rather than break loose and slide. Have that on the house, but not on the shop. Had a HUGE cornice of about 4ft hanging off the shop at one point. Gotta install those on the shop!

[ebinmaine 67,498]

5 minutes ago, Wheel Horse 3D said:

On our place we have an angle iron type piece that goes all the way across a couple feet up from the edge that holds the snow for it to melt rather than break loose and slide. Have that on the house, but not on the shop. Had a HUGE cornice of about 4ft hanging off the shop at one point. Gotta install those on the shop!

Being in the mountains of Maine we get some pretty significant snows from time to time.

Every season we get at minimum a couple storms that are into 12 to 18" range. Often that happens quite a bit more. Usually by February 1st or a little later we have a 3 plus foot base on the ground.

 

We WANT ALL the snow off the roof. 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Being in the mountains of Maine we get some pretty significant snows from time to time.

Every season we get at minimum a couple storms that are into 12 to 18" range. Often that happens quite a bit more. Usually by February 1st or a little later we have a 3 plus foot base on the ground.

 

We WANT ALL the snow off the roof. 

Yeah we get one of those MAYBE twice a season, and it doesn't get cold enough to pile up and cause any load bearing concerns, melts off pretty quick once the sun comes out.

[tom2p 2,394]

On 5/5/2021 at 10:17 AM, EricF said:

You may want to put some of those snow stop tabs over the eaves, especially around the door and out back.
 

The snow slides off a metal roof really well -- sometimes too well.

Makes for quite the avalanche after a heavy snow. Enough to be a safety concern. 

 

we will get some small 'avalanches' lol at time when snow slides off our tile roof ... depends on amount of snow and direction of the wind ... amount of sun ... etc 

 

the pitch is low - so typically not much of an issue 

 

when sheets of snow / ice slide off it sounds like we are living below a bowling alley  lol

 

Edited May 7, 2021 by tom2p

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

That's about what my shop looked like, and the son's GF kept parking by it! It crashed down not 30 seconds after i finally convinced her to NOT park there.

[oliver2-44 9,750]

@ebinmaine  I know your in a coole place than me, but Think through your design regarding that roof top deck. 
     My house ha a roof top deck off an upstairs bedroom. It was acvery nice area in our Texas Winter. The deck had a asphalt tar and gravel food about 6” below it. With our Texas Sumner the kids used to fry eggs up there, no extra heat source needed. I got rid of it when I reroofed.   The deck probable needs 2 ft of air space below it for ventilation 

Edited May 7, 2021 by oliver2-44

[ebinmaine 67,498]

1 hour ago, oliver2-44 said:

@ebinmaine  I know your in a coole place than me, but Think through your design regarding that roof top deck. 
     My house ha a roof top deck off an upstairs bedroom. It was acvery nice area in our Texas Winter. The deck had a asphalt tar and gravel food about 6” below it. With our Texas Sumner the kids used to fry eggs up there, no extra heat source needed. I got rid of it when I reroofed.   The deck probable needs 2 ft of air space below it for ventilation 

Won't be done on this building but we've discussed it as a possibility on another. 

 

We just don't get those kind of hot days here more than a month or so in midsummer. 

[19richie66 17,508]

Looks great Eric! Loved our metal roof on the old house.