Metal Roof Snow Guard Placement

Snow guards are designed to prevent snow shed onto walkways balconies and other areas falling snow and ice can be hazardous.

Metal roof snow guard placement.

The 1 piece snow guards are made with american steel. Others are little strategically staggered triangular spikes that mount easily on a metal roof with strong adhesive. Our roof snow guards for standing seam panels shingles chimneys and vents help protect gutters landscaping and pedestrians. Starting at 1 foot from the bottom edge place 2 snow guards equally spaced apart in the valley in a staggered pattern across the entire roof area.

Snow guards should always be placed at the lower half of the roof plane. Snow guards are like corrals that mount on the edge of a roof. Go up the roof 15 feet and repeat the staggered pattern of guards in every valley as placed below. Do not exceed 15 feet vertically between rows of guards.

Not only do snow guards protect people from falling snow and ice but they also protect the owner from potential lawsuits. For metal loop wire type snow hooks or snow guards photo at left you can see that to work at all since these devices have much less surface area than a flat or bar type snow guard they have to be installed in many staggered rows over half or more of the roof surface. And depending on the system snow guards can be placed in a single line or in multiple rows. Aesthetically pleasing by matching existing metal roof color.

Metal roof snow guards prevent the avalanche of frozen precipitation on sloped metal roofing located in winter climates. Snow guards are snow and ice retention devices for pitched metal roofs.