[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Water Damage

[Shawna Henderson]

Lawrence,

Snow guards are commonly installed on metal roofs in alpine areas to  
stop those killer chunks from killing (c)hunks...
if there is adequate insulation at the eaves, why would ice damming  
be any more of a problem with a snow guard than without?

Shawna Henderson
principal,
Abri Sustainable Design & Consulting
Nova Scotia, Canada

On 13-Apr-07, at 2:17 PM, Lawrence Lile wrote:

> This gets me thinking about my own building.  I have a metal roof, and
> after watching widowmaker chunks of ice sliding off, banging up  
> against
> my AC compressor and smashing my plants last winter, I've ordered a  
> snow
> guard to be put in on the edges.  Am I inviting ice damming, and
> subsequent roof problems by doing this?
>
>
>
> Lawrence Lile, P.E., LEED AP
>
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