Snow guards for metal roofs are the best snow retention solutions you can get. Metal snow guards help to prevent snow and ice from 'avalanching' and damaging your property and being a threat to vehicles and pedestrians. We install steel roof snow stoppers and ice guards in Victoria British Columbia.
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When it comes to metal roof snow stops, they serve many purposes and help to protect your home. Roof snow guards provide many benefits such as:
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In Ontario (Canada), heavy snowfalls and freezing rains are very common. Snow sliding off your metal roof can cause serious harm to the roof, eavestroughs, landscaping, vehicles, and pedestrians below. Roof snow guards and ice guards for metal roofs are designed to keep snow on your roof until it can safely melt and dissipate.
If you are constantly dealing with snow or ice avalanches, metal snow guards are the perfect snow retention system for both residential and commercial roofs. At Victoria Metal Roofing, we are full service snow stoppers installers for metal roofs in Victoria British Columbia. The snow guards we use are tested to withstand even the heaviest snow loads.
When installing snow stops on metal roofs, our installers precisely lay the guards in staggered rows over your roof. By staggering the metal snow guards, it distributes the weight of the snow evenly on the roof. Each guard is firmly attached directly to the roof surface.
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When it comes to snow guards for metal roofs, there are three different types (snow guards, fence-style and bar-style snow guards). The type of snow guard you need on your roof depends on a number of factors. All snow guards work to prevent snow and ice from avalanching, but certain ones will work better for different slopes and styles of roofing. Let's take a look at each style below.
When people think of “snow guards”, these guards commonly come to mind. They are individual units that are attached in a staggered pattern, usually to the flat part of the metal roof but can sometimes be clamped to the seam. To keep them in place, the guards can be adhered with liquid adhesive, tape or screwed to the decking. Snow guards are suitable for use on standing seam metal roofs, through fastened metal panel roofs, and most metal shingles.
Snow guards are referred to by many different names including snow cleats, snow birds, snow pads and snow stops. They come in a few different sizes with the most common being small (less than 4 square inches) and large profile snow guards (more than 4 square inches). The most common snow guard materials are metal/steel and plastic.
Large profile snow guards have a pad face of more than 4 square inches and act like a snow movement barrier (more like a snow fence). The pad face area of some large profile snow guards can be as large as 15 square inches.
This type of snow guard is typically installed in a straight or slightly staggered row 12" from the eave edge. Additional rows may be required for steeper pitches, longer eave-to-peak dimensions, and roofs with higher maximum snow loads.
This type of snow guard is a continuous length of rectangular metal "bar" installed horizontally across the metal roof to form a snow and ice barrier. With their streamlined modern styling, Bar-Style snow guards look very clean on the roof. Depending on the roof pitch, distance from the eave to the peak, and snow load, only one row is usually needed. Some projects will require the use of multiple rows to handle the load.
To attach these snow guards onto a roof, installers secure brackets by either screwing them onto the decking or clamping them to the seams (only with a standing seam roof). The bar is then attached to the brackets and firmly set in place.
Fence-style snow guards are similar to bar-style snow guards, but instead of a single bar, these systems have two or more vertically oriented tubes (similar to a split rail fence). Fence-style snow guards are commonly used on custom homes and in situations where home or business owners want a more traditional look.
Most fence-style snow guard systems are extremely durable. These are widely used in alpine areas where snow loads exceed 75 pounds per square foot and can be much higher.
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