Interesting. And I notice that you mention slate roof and that's what I saw on some sites I googled about the guards. Growing up in Minneapolis we didn't have them, and yes we had a more moderately pitched roof. Not flat by any means though.
What's interesting though is that we didn't shovel the roof to prevent collapse, we shoveled to prevent an ice dam forming at the edges of the roof where the snow would melting snow would potentially refreeze. If an ice dam formed, the melted snow would back up and potentially cause the roof to leak and rot. When I looked at the snow guards, I saw an artificial ice dam. On 2/13/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You would normally only see the snow guards on high-peaked roofs - you could > never get enough snow to collapse them (due to the angle of repose). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196975 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
