Yes. But not so much that you have to be paranoid about it regarding slope. A lot of trees were badly damaged a few years ago by a really nasty ice storm. Same thing happened a couple of decades ago in Seattle when I lived there.
In Seattle I actually had to use a hammer to break round holes in the roof of my carport. An 8” ice ridge had built up on the edge. The amount of water that poured out was frightening. I can’t believe it held up, especially considering how fragile it appeared.
I over-design everything I build here. We don’t need permits for anything, even a house.
“We don’t need permits for anything, even a house.”
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That comment made me do a double-take.
I live in Eastern MA-—regulation hell.
A friend of mine had a stone patio in front of a house she had lived in for 30 years.
She wanted to tear up the patio and build a deck over the same area.
The city said no because it was a “structure” and there wasn’t enough set-back from the property line.
She fought it-—and lost.
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