Skylight - out for now at least, but maybe later..

Decided to cut the skylight, at least for now. Partly for cost, and partly because I don't feel great about how it works in the log roof. 85 lb snow load soars past standard Velux criteria, even on the Canadian Velux site, but they do sell a special snow load glazing with no specs. Ok specs are SOMEWHERE, but I can not find them. Plus, do I need some kind of header to keep that skylight from falling through to the floor? Hmm. I wonder how many skylights get installed in the Great White North without anyone paying any attention to snow load. Probably most of them.

Also, if there is ever snow on it :), and someone shows up and heats up the camp, the snow on the window will melt, run down the roof and refreeze forming ice dam(s). Ice dams lead to backups which lead to leaks which might continue till spring. Would a steel roof avoid that problem? It might, for another $3K. Plus it costs about a grand to install this sucker by the time you buy the curb and flashing from Velux (yeah, you can kludge it up yourself I guess, but not if you're a noob).

Mind you, I guess it could be added in later when roof is under way, but I would hope that means some REAL roofing contractor who knows what he is doing installs it. As opposed to me.