It seems kinda weird.
Mar 18, 2018 08:37:02 #
We are staying a friends house in New Hampshire as we are looking for a home in the state. They have a metal roof. Here are a couple of pictures of the snow on the roof. The direction of the icicles is a bit odd.
Mar 18, 2018 08:38:49 #
Mar 18, 2018 09:21:53 #
We have a metal roof on our place at just shy of 4700ft elevation in the Oregon Cascades. That happens as it warms & cools, back & forth.
Mar 19, 2018 07:55:45 #
Mar 19, 2018 08:00:03 #
traderjohn wrote:
We are staying a friends house in New Hampshire as we are looking for a home in the state. They have a metal roof. Here are a couple of pictures of the snow on the roof. The direction of the icicles is a bit odd.
Looks like roof glaciers.
Mar 19, 2018 09:43:01 #
Metal roofs are quite popular in West Virginia and most have a raised area about 18 inches from the edge that is like spacers about 1.5 inches high placed and a 2 inch width of the metal attached across the spacers. This is designed to prevent ice and/or snow from coming off as your photo shows. Others don't use the ice catcher to allow the snow to slide off. As heat from the home as well as weather warm the roof, snow slides off slowly because it can't hold to the roof like it does on shingles. Bottom line, that does take a lot of weight off the roof and in some places where they receive lots of snow, that weight can cave in a roof or damage the rafters.
Mar 21, 2018 14:16:59 #
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.