If you live in a cold-weather area, you must consider the possibility of snowfall. Do you live in a snow country or in an area where it snows on occasion? Snow guards are required if you have a metal roof in a snowy area. The guards will assist in keeping you and your valuables safe from falling ice or snow.
What Are Metal Roof Snow Guards?
Snow guards are also referred to as snow brakes. They manage the falling snow and control how much and how quickly it falls from your roof.
When large amounts of snowfall from your roof at once, it can damage skylights, gutters, and other roof sections. A roof avalanche can be dangerous in some situations because it can fall on your property or on people. To avoid these problems, install a metal roof snow guard, which is a simple solution.
How Do Snow Guards Work?
Snow guards shield residents and valuables from the immediate movement of snow from your building’s roof. Snow guards prevent large amounts of snow from falling from the metal roof. It will safeguard the roof panels, cars parked beneath the structure, flowerbeds, and gutters. A dangerous avalanche, such as snow melting, can cause damage to the roof and shingle tiles, such as scratches and defects.
A metal roof snow guard keeps all of the snow on the roof in place. As a result, it is safe to install snow guards on the roof surface to prevent any type of snow from falling on the surface of your roof during the winter.
Tubular snow guards, for example, allow only small amounts of ice and snow to flow down the roof. Snow and ice are safe if they fall in small pieces down the metal roof. It can help to reduce the snow load on your building’s metal roof and other structures. It can also help you avoid causing significant damage to your surroundings.
Types of Snow Guards
A snow guard is a component installed on the roof. The components are typically installed where the metal roof is flat, but they can also be installed along the seam. These units come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and they are all designed to keep snow from falling off the metal roof in large chunks, which can injure or damage property.
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Small figure Snow Guards
The small figure snow guard’s pad area is less than 4 square meters. It’s laid out in a pattern on the roof. You can install them from the eave to the top or near the top of your roof. Small figure snow guards with a high density can be attached near the bottom of the roof, while those with a lower density can be installed higher on the roof.
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Large figure Snow Guards
This type of pad-style snow guard has a pad area larger than 4 square inches. Their functionality for managing snow movement outperforms that of the snow fence. These large figure snow guards can be installed in rows or while slightly staggering from the border of your eave. Rows can be added to roofs with long eaves toward the peak, as well as those with heavy snow loads or steeper pitches.
When compared to small snow guards, you will need a few large-figure snow guards installed to manage the snowfall, but they are more visible when placed on your roof.
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Bar–Style Snow Guards
The bar-style guard has a continuous rectangular shape and is placed horizontally on the roof to create an ice and snow barrier. This type of snow guard has a bracket where roofers can install a bar and provides a clean roof with modern styling. This bracket is then fixed to the roof structure beneath the roof, or it can be clamped using the seams of the positioned seam roof.
A good feature of a bar type of snow guard is that you can place part of the roof on it so that the color of the aluminum does not show because you can match the color of the roof.
You will need one row, but you may need more rows depending on the pitch of your roof, the space between the eave and the peak of your roof, and the amount of snow present. Some construction projects may necessitate the use of multiple rows to manage the load.
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Fence Snow Guards
The fence type of snow guards resembles the bar type except that they have two or more tubes that are placed vertically to resemble a fence. These types of snow guards are used by property owners in custom homes or when a less modern look than a bar-style snow guard is desired.
In areas where heavy loads of snow are possible, fence-style snow guards are the best option. The systems are powerful and can aid in the prevention of ice dams and snow accumulation.
Why Do You Need a Metal Roof and Snow Guards?
The primary goal of installing snow guards is to keep heavy snow on the surface of your roof until it slowly melts. If you live in a snowy area, snow will accumulate on the surface of your roof during the winter.
When the weather warms, snow may fall off the metal roof in large quantities, causing damage to the gutters or the personnel. Installing snow guards will assist you in creating a barrier where the snow will not slide until it melts slowly.
Do You Want to Learn More About Installing Snow Guards? Welcome to Hot Edge Roof Ice Melt
If you live in an area where snow is a possibility and your home has a metal roof. We recommend that you consider installing snow guards. We can install a variety of snow retention systems on your standing seam metal roof with Hot Edge roof ice melt.
We are committed to providing systems and products that will ensure your property’s maximum safety. Hot Edge roof ice melt can be found at 700 Colorado Blvd/ 607, Denver, CO 80206. To schedule an appointment, please call [303] 578-4987.
