It starts in October and can continue into May. In the town of Aspen, Colorado, snowfall reaching up to 180 inches can blanket the earth for almost eight months each year. That’s a key reason why smart Colorado roofers replacing old cedar shakes on homes with new composite shake tiles always recommend snow retention systems.
Roofer Andy Dutlinger knows this situation firsthand. For the past decade, his company has relied on the free layout and design services at Rocky Mountain Snow Guards to ensure his customers have quality snow retention systems.
“For one of our most recent re-roofing projects in Aspen, we installed composite shake from DaVinci® Roofscapes,” says Dutlinger, account manager with Roper Roofing & Solar out of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. “This is a very slick product, so I knew we’d want to have snow retention. My first choice was the Yeti 18 snow guards in copper. They’re a high-quality product that adds a strong designer element to the roof.”
Made of durable aluminum (also available in copper), Yeti Series snow guards feature classic half-round styling with 4.1 square inches of pad area and a quarter-inch cupped edge. The Yeti 18 is 18 inches in overall length and is designed for new installations of natural and synthetic slate and shake, as well as cedar shingle roofs, in more demanding snow conditions.
Growing the Business
As his company has done for the past 10 years, Dutlinger relied on the sturdy products from Rocky Mountain Snow Guards for the very large Aspen residential project. He attached each Yeti 18 with 4-ring shank nails.
“This roof was about 126 squares,” says Dutlinger. “The Rocky Mountain Snow Guards products are the products we repeatedly use. The Yeti 18 is our ‘go to’ product because they’re more elegant and high-end.
“With this particular roof, the copper snow guards accent the Aged Cedar color of the DaVinci shake tiles. The project looks beautiful, and the homeowners got the protection they asked for above key walkway areas of the home where they specifically wanted it.
“Right now our business is in the Denver metro area, Colorado Springs, the entire Front Range, and various communities across the state. As we grow our business into more alpine work, we’re looking forward to expanding our use of snow retention products and partnering more with Rocky Mountain Snow Guards.”
