Roof Snow Guard & Snow Fence Articles

We're confident that our retro-fit snow guard installation method will provide secure, leak-proof attachment for the life of the roof.

One of the many requests we see all the time has to do with snow retention for solar panels. In most areas, solar installers will design a solar array without any consideration as to snow retention and slide mitigation.

Snow fence accessories include tubing, couplers, caps and accessories. Roof snow fences are used some applications instead of snow guards .

In areas where snow accumulates over the course of the winter and where ice dams are a common occurrence, protecting just a portion of an eave is a bad idea.

Most structures built in snow country have been engineered to support the snow loads expected for the area.  Some, especially buildings built many years ago, may not have been built to today's standards.

There are many snow guards available that are meant for more industrial-type installations, usually of the plastic variety, but we would never recommend those be used on your beautiful home.

The patented SnowTrapper snow guard design has been manufactured and installed since 1997.

Answering the question - Why Do I Need Snow Guards? #1 answer is they eliminate damage to rooftop elements and seams on Standing Seam Roofs

The experts at RMSG explain the differences between various Snow Guard materials like copper, aluminum and raw steel for roof snow retention applications.