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Thank you. To get the permit I really only need to understand what the load capacity of the construction I envision to build is. This way I can know if it can hold proper snowload and if needed A frame roof on top to reduce snowload.

It's the same just more detail. I need calculations in order to get building permit to use it as greenhouse. I guess if it fails, I will need to source different material, but this is what I am planning, and from what I have been told (by non professional...) it will be very strong with the way...

I have a VERTICAL standing square tube 1.25" x 1.25" x 1/16" thick. Length/Height = 79" Material = steel How do you determine its max load capacity for this tube when mounted vertically? I plan to use 18 of these vertical posts, evenly spaced, creating an 83" x 131" rectangular structure. They...

roof is sheetmetal and will have A frame roof with 3/12 pitch on it both slopes on the 7 ft sides.

The steel structure is stronger than it looks. It will have used aluminum frame full glass panel patio doors screws to the inside of the structure.

It will not be for human habitation, it is basically just to keep the weather out of the house, and it will be housing a lot of plants, like a greenhouse. Did you see the picture I attached in an earlier post? The building dept needs to know if the structure can carry the load of the roof (and...

double incline, downslopes facing south and north, indeed same angle as existing roof line.

it is more a reverse engineering question, I need to know what the steel construction can carry. That way I can figure out what kind of roof I can safely build on top of it. Thanks

pitch is 3/12, it will be metal roof, warm underneath, so mostly no snow will stick

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Basically it was used to ship CNC machine from Taiwan to the US. The company I worked for was throwing it out... I was able to bring it home. It will double as a mudroom and greenhouse, hence all glass panels around 3 sides. Unfortunately no drawings are available, so I am trying to...

Thanks for the reminder, yes it has flat crossbeams 1 in wide. a cross from each corner on all 4 sides.

Thanks for the reply. It's on the east side of the house , the prevailing wind is from the west, so barely ever touches the structure. I do need to know if it can support the roof, so I can get a building permit for it. Thanks

I have a steel cage 7 ft by 11 ft and 7 ft high. It's made out of standard 1 in square steel vertical tubing. Each vertical tube is spaced 18 inches apart all the way around the cage. All vertical posts are welded to a 2 in L-bar all the way around the top, and the bottom. I'm trying to...