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roof live load

roof live load

The load exerted on a roof other than the roofing system and its supporting members; the live load on the roof.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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This is the sum of a 20-pounds-per-square-foot dead load (including a ballasted membrane roof, which was typical for roofs on shopping centers in the early 1980s, for example); for a roof live load (or snow load in some areas of the country), it's a sum of approximately 30 pounds per square foot.
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