This is a brief summary introduction of the 3 different types of metal roof snow retention systems, Snow Guards, Fence-Style and Bar-Style snow guards. The article discusses products manufactured by Rocky Mountain Snow Guards, S-5!, Alpine SnowGuards, Zaleski, SnoGem, Polar Blox and others.

Plastic snow guards don’t fulfill our mission to provide attractive, permanent and effective rooftop snow retention.

Founded in 1974, Cheshire Academy, a private school in Cheshire, CT, is closing in on its first successful year of using solar-powered panels to help reduce energy costs. Four campus buildings boast the productive solar panels. To slow down the release of melting snows and ice from those panels, Drift Solar Snow Fences were added to help keep the students and faculty safe on the historic 104-acre campus.