Whether you have a pitched roof or a flat roof in Franklin Lakes, NJ, it can only handle so much snow before a disaster could strike. Snow can build up quickly, and that buildup means a great deal of force weighing down on your roof. Watch this video to learn why your store’s roof can’t handle too much snow.
A single cubic foot of snow weighs roughly seven pounds when it’s dry. When it’s wet, it nearly triples to 20 pounds. There’s room for a lot more than one cubic foot of snow on the surface of your entire roof, and just two feet of snow can weigh down your flat roof by 150,000 pounds. On a pitched roof, this is the equivalent of having nine large pickup trucks parked on top of it. Remove snow from your roof to reduce the possibility that it will cave in.
