They Don't Build Houses Like They Used To Do

[robgil]

I take it you dont need to get BC involved when putting up a car port?

I still dont think it was the snow that caused this, snow does not weigh much and there was very little snow there to begin with, if this was the case a simple downwind on a large roof like that could have put more pressure on the roof than a few inches of snow.

I think that wall was on the verge of collapse anyway and it just happened to do it when it was snowing.

Or , melted snow water could have gotten in the the bricks because of cracks due to stress from the car port , then it might have frozen over night, expanded and bish bash bosh , a pile of bricks.

 

[MatthewC]

I'm amazed that someone would cantilever a large roof like that from the side of a house without additonal strengthening in the house wall (which, if they did it, clearly was inadequate). I do wonder how they actually did it - just some brackets with 6" screws and wall plugs?

In the same vein, there's a modern fad for toilets which are suspended from the wall with no floor support - if you've ever thought about having one of those in an old house, look at the required structure that has to go inside a wall.

 

[Penners]

In the same vein, there's a modern fad for toilets which are suspended from the wall with no floor support - if you've ever thought about having one of those in an old house, look at the required structure that has to go inside a wall.

I quite agree - I think the wall-hung toilet is a ridiculous idea (although I know that Mrs P would mutter about being able to clean underneath it and so on.) But physics dictates that placing a pedestal under that which supports the weight has to be the most logical way to design the item.