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• paranoia@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Northern/Western Europe.

  Hail bounces off, rain flows off. For a very light duty structure like a smoking shelter, bike shelter or trolley corral, they sometimes have a curved plexiglass roof that snow can just fall off or be blown off. A person is a much more intense load than snow (a person’s whole weight can be on one foot). The frame might take it, but the cladding may not.

  Usually they are just a product off the shelf.

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My parents just bought and installed a small off the shelf carport, it has its own built-in gutter system and the ability to hold 100s of pounds on its metal roof. Nobody is covering cars with plexiglass, that would literally defeat the purpose of having shade.

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    • Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’ve seen the plexiglass ones he was talking about

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      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’m not doubting they exist, it sure looks cool. I’m just doubting it would stand up to a couple years where I’m from, and I don’t think that you would even need to stand on that to install solar panels anyway.

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    • paranoia@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Here’s one for sale in Denmark, where I am, and where it snows. Polycarbonate instead of PMMA. Same thing. I wouldn’t stand on it.

      https://dancovershop.dk/products/carport-arizona-2-89x4-95m-palram-canopia-gra

      Get an opaque sheeting if you want to keep UV off. Point stands.

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      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        … that thing wouldn’t protect your car from shit where I’m from… that wouldn’t even protect your car from the sun except at like noon.

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