Snow Retention Project Profile Articles

This beautiful Multi-width shake roof with a hybrid snow retention system using dark bronze powder coated RG16 snow guards and No-Flash II 2-pipe fence-style system earns Umbrella Roofing out of Eagle, Colorado the Grand Prize in the Outstanding Residential Project category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

Blizzard Heavy Duty III clamp-to-seam snow fence system on a copper standing seam roof keeps pedestrians safe at the Park Plaza condominiums and earns Turner Morris Commercial Roofing the Grand Prize in the Outstanding Commercial Project category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

For his innovative ideas and product installation, Nick Piontek and On Point Contracting's Drift Solar project was named the Grand Prize Winner in the Most Impressive Fence-Style System category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

Their exemplary work, using S-5!® ColorGard bar with U clamps, on the Lakeside Apartments near Princeton University in New Jersey, earned Northwest Roof Tile and Metal the Grand Prize in the Most Impressive Bar-Style Project category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

This beautiful home featuring copper RG16 snow guards and Drift II snow fences is a winner! For their exemplary work, Brennan Exteriors has been designated the Grand Prize Winner in the Most Impressive Snow Guard Project category in the 2024 "Show Us Our Snow Guards" Contest.

Wyoming averages almost 15 feet* (not inches) of snowfall each year. So, when 911 Roofing Solutions was asked to update the roofing system on the Flying J Travel Center in Cheyenne, they knew a sturdy snow retention system needed to be incorporated.

"Safety is so important with a commercial project like this," says Brust. "Preparing for possible snow events with a reliable snow retention system eliminates concerns and worries beforehand. By working with Rocky Mountain Snow Guards, we've provided Valage Senior Living at Carson Valley with another element to their best-in-class living facility."

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.

There's a good reason Michael Stowe added solar panels to the top of his home. Between mid-March and late-September, his home in British Columbia, Canada receives more than 12 hours of sunlight a day. However, that situation changes in late autumn.

The 15 luxurious Royal Elk Villas, built in 2012, faced the challenge of replacing cracked concrete tile roofs. The area averages about 20 feet of snow each season. Every spring broken tiles would need to be replaced. Heavy snow loads, ice dams, shifting snow, ice pack and rooftop traffic all contributed to the breaking tiles.