Code of Massachusetts Regulations
780 CMR - STATE BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Chapter 115 - Appendices
Appendix I - Patio Covers
Section I104 - STRUCTURAL PROVISIONS
Subsection I104.1 - Design loads
Universal Citation: 780 CMR MA Code of Regs I104.1
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
Patio covers shall be designed and constructed to sustain, within the stress limits of this code, all dead loads plus a minimum vertical live load of 10 pounds per square foot (0.48 kN/m2) except that snow loads shall be used where such snow loads exceed this minimum. Such patio covers shall be designed to resist the minimum wind and seismic loads set forth in this code.
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