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Re: Polycarbonate roof



<chuck@utdallas.edu> wrote:
>snark@swcp.com (snark@swcp.com) wrote:
 
>> An overhang above the roof?
 
>Why not?  Trees provide a natural overhang...and are commonly used to 
>control solar gain.

I used to have a cherry tree that overhung my attic roof. The trunk is still
there, about 3' in diameter. It died. I had it removed a few years later,
very carefully. One of the long branches that overhung the roof was about
a foot in diameter. A tree would be safer shading a wall than a roof.

>An artificial one would be even more efficient, though if not designed
>properly it would be UGLY.

An artificial tree? Seems like it would have to drop its leaves in winter
to work... (?) People now make cellular telephone base station antennas
that look like trees, large fiberglass structures with co-linear array
antennas inside, I think. About $50K...

Nick