Snow Break For Metal Roof

I live in idaho and we get a fair amount of snow here.

Snow break for metal roof.

Our metal roof snow guard products are a cost effective long lasting aesthetically pleasing snow retention solution for any metal corrugated standing seam asphalt shingle or slate roof located in a winter climate. I saw a roof with this snow brake barrier mounted parallel to the roofline and about 18. Snow guards as the undisputed market leader in snow retention systems or snow guard s 5. Clamp on snow guards that attach to the standing seam of a metal roof pad style that are valley based snow guards which attach using set screws or surebond sb 190 adhesive bar snow guards which are more often referred to as snow rails and slate snow guards which can be used on slate roofs and cedar shake roofs.

This is a huge cost savings over conventional snow guard systems that require the entire roof area to have snow retention just to protect isolated areas. Snow guards or snow brakes as they are sometimes called began appearing on slate and metal roofs of new england in the late 1800s. This snow bar can be used on any of the pro rib or premium pro rib steel roofing panels. The metal roof shown at left sports both a metal roof snow fence and clear plastic individual snow guards installed four in each metal roof pan clearly the maintenance crew were having trouble retaining the snow on this roof.

The 10 foot pro rib universal snow bar is used on metal roofs to prevent snow from sliding off the roof onto the ground blocking door entry areas or pathways. Available in a variety of variants to cover most roofing seams the a2 avoids set screws and instead uses non rotating sliding pin clamps. Snow guards have been referred to by several names over the years including snow cleats snow stoppers snow brakes snow. Metal roofs using long horizontal snow bars or snow brakes photo at left have these snow retention systems installed using clamps on individual standing seams.

Aceclamp metal roof snow bars feature our unique non penetrating sliding a2 model pin clamp. This snow doesn t melt until april. Snow fence s range from 4 to as much as 16 tall and are attached to the roof with clamping mechanisms or brackets bolted into the roof deck or roof structure. The tremendous quantities of snow and ice that accumulated on these roofs made the wood or metal diverter typically attached above the front entry an ineffective tool in preventing the snow from sliding down the roof.

Offers the most complete proven and thoroughly tested standing seam metal roofing attachments in the industry including colorgard dualgard versagard and multiple exposed fastener metal roofs. Often a single fence style snow guard attached 12 from the eave edge will be sufficient. Snow bars allow the snow and ice to safely melt off the roof. The snowbreaker is not designed to hold snow for very long so this theory can be modified by placing the snowbreaker in a 45 degree outward angle over the desired isolated area to protect.

I have a problem with the snow crashing down off of my roof and building up on the north side of the house. This determines the snow guards ability to hold back layers of frozen precipitation to help eliminate unexpected slides.