UNIQUE SNOW RETENTION SYSTEMS
Insufficient snow guards or the wrong type of guard creates leaks, extra work, and hazards. Following a snow guard installation “standard” isn’t necessarily a suitable answer either. Many surfaces on this same church building do not have snow guards or rails, and do not have any issues at all. Optimal snow guard design placement is related to the position of the sun during the snow season, the heat loss through the roof, and the length of the roof surface (eve to peak). We recommend that our clients take pictures of all the roof surfaces as the snow melts so that we can plan for what really occurs on each specific building.
For this random width slate pattern nailed into gypsum decking (from the 1950’s), we designed and installed this 2 piece custom stainless snow rail system for ease of assembly with long sticks of 3/4” schedule 40 stainless steel pipe. Each base was made to fit the width slate it replaced (9’s, 10’s, 11’s, and 12’s). The base was sanded and painted to blend in somewhat with the slate. Each one is installed with four flat head tapcons into this 2” thick gypsum decking. The railing is expected to last the remaining life of this slate roof, and perhaps the next. The valley corner has a welded right angle internal splice joint for added rigidity.
For this random width slate pattern nailed into gypsum decking (from the 1950’s), we designed and installed this 2 piece custom stainless snow rail system for ease of assembly with long sticks of 3/4” schedule 40 stainless steel pipe. Each base was made to fit the width slate it replaced (9’s, 10’s, 11’s, and 12’s). The base was sanded and painted to blend in somewhat with the slate. Each one is installed with four flat head tapcons into this 2” thick gypsum decking. The railing is expected to last the remaining life of this slate roof, and perhaps the next. The valley corner has a welded right angle internal splice joint for added rigidity.
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Let your clients add their own artistic flare to their roof. We did this Celtic Cross design for a special client.
#304 Stainless Steel for corrosive resistance. Welded rear gusset for incredible strength. We created these guards after discovering the gussets on 600 readily available and purchased guards did not allow enough length to slip them onto existing slate nails - forcing us to remove the slate to do the installation. The thin tongue with EXTRA LENGTH on our Celtic Cross design allows us to install these without removing slate. Copper plated and specially "antiqued". Each guard has its own unique finish. |
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