Same here, was hoping to fire up the outdoor wood boiler when we get back and start using it. I have to fix the water softener and cut some downed wood up first.
Sure is a pretty view, Bill. Hope you have a good snow blower 'cause that's heart attack snow if you're shoveling.
Looks like a good workout
Actually Ted, it is powder snow. We are on the East side of the Cascades and all the moisture gets dumped on the West side. First time I tried shoveling snow over here, I almost hurt myself as I was winding up to take a hefty heave at the snow and the shovel passed right though it, knocking me off balance. I was accustom to the heavy cement they call snow in Bellingham. It does cause a hazard when on the roads. If you are following someone, it is like a white-out as the snow blows up into the air from the passing vehicle.
Interesting a lot of the house around here are now built with shallow pitch shed roofs. Counter to what I expected. They are built to handle the snow loads though. You should see the massive beams in my place. They built to avoid snow coming off of roofs. If you see my roofs they are shallow, but what you can't see now is that they have snow retention guards to keep the snow from sliding off. That snow you see will stay there until spring.Looks like a good workout
The potential for rain on top is definitely a concern, not with the amount i have at the moment but I've done some rather frantic emergency remediation before.
I will say that the Gambrel roof on the shed does an absolutely FANTASTIC job of shedding snow. Even the really heavy wet stuff we get around here. If I was building a shop or similar in heavy snow country it would imho be well worth consideration on how that works (yes there are other options that are likely as good - just throwing this one out there as an example).
It is metal and so is the siding. Less to burn in case of wildfires. I had to go back over a year to find a photo showing the roof with the snow retention guards. Without the guards, the snow slides off the roof and piles up against the house. I saw that with a new house that was built, where they didn't have the snow guards on. There was a huge (like in really big!) pile up against one side of the house. So I think the strategy now is to keep the snow on the roof and let it melt off in the spring.
Move to Methow Valley, they said. It'll be fun, they said.
