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Cole_Robbie · February 2, 2016

By the way, here is my previous design, which I mostly copied off another market gardener on the gardenweb forum:

Against a wind storm, the low and flat design is very strong. I think it would take an F1 tornado to blow it away.

But against snow load, it is no match, especially a super-storm that drops 8" of accumulated sleet under the snow:

So that's why the new design has such a steep roof. But now I am going to catch wind exponentially more than with the low design.

I repaired the smashed tunnel and re-used all the old pipe I could. The collapse cost me about $40.

February 2, 2016	#2
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	By the way, here is my previous design, which I mostly copied off another market gardener on the gardenweb forum: Against a wind storm, the low and flat design is very strong. I think it would take an F1 tornado to blow it away. But against snow load, it is no match, especially a super-storm that drops 8" of accumulated sleet under the snow: So that's why the new design has such a steep roof. But now I am going to catch wind exponentially more than with the low design. I repaired the smashed tunnel and re-used all the old pipe I could. The collapse cost me about $40.