Im jealous of the Tuff Shed or prebuilt being an option. Where I live we have incredibly high snow loads, so any structure ends up needing to be custom built to meet our requirements (even out buildings). I've found plenty of pre-fab units that claim to handle "high snow loads" that will not meet code where I am.

I'm still planning on building out an office/studio, but it will be a much larger investment despite being able to DIY much of it.

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learn_more 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

DIY via https://buildfreely.com

	▲	eysquared an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Cool app! I have plenty of building experience thankfully, including plenty of structures still standing under the weight of our snow load!

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dalyons 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What if you just put heat tape on the roof? These sheds have small roofs, shouldn’t be prohibitive

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eysquared 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Heat tape isn't very effective with storms dropping multiple feet of wet snow in under 24 hours (or in general).

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dalyons 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

well it just has to stop significant buildup over multiple days right? IDK, seems pretty effective here in tahoe where ive seen it applied on parts of peoples houses

	▲	dave78 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Do people in Tahoe heat-tape their whole roof or just the edge where ice dams would otherwise form? I've only ever seen the latter, and even doing that will be noticeable on your power bill.
	▲	dalyons 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		also idk, tons of people up here have regular sheds for various purposes and they seem to survive just fine

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niwtsol 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

woof, where are you located, coastal/northern Canada?

	▲	eysquared an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Cascade mountains. I've seen over 5 feet of snow in under 48 hours, then freezing rain. Its heavy! Lots of these "it'll be fine" type structures collapsed. Building code for snow load is a factor of location and elevation here. We are around 130 lb/sq ft. Roof pitch can help with shedding, but then you've got other problems (roof avalanches can and do kill, not to mention snow up against materials that don't want to be wet all winter).

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jtbaker 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sounds like Tahoe.

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cucumber3732842 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a problem with the people and ideology that are concentrated in your jurisdiction and the resulting rules that come of that. Even the snootiest "Barack Obama is my neighbor" zip codes have permitting and code exemptions for various sorts of small sheds.

Structurally a wet fart will hold up plenty of snow when we're talking spans on the order of 10ft. A garden shed that can literally roll away in a tornado is only a few hundred dollars of material different from one that can't.

Of course Tuff Shed (or anyone else) isn't gonna make a special product line for one town in CO or wherever that wants to de-facto outlaw the construction of shed by people less than a certain wealth level. Those people can have their stuff built from scratch at great cost. Of the dozen lost sales they were likely some of the most problematic anyway.

	▲	eysquared an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Of course they wont! Plenty of people around here still use structures not built for the load or build under the square footage that requires a permit. Those can and do fail, and I'd prefer not to be in one when they do :). My feedback is merely: boy it'd be nice to have the option to just order a pre-built.