I can do pull ups off the gutters now.
Ice slides off roof and damaged gutters.
This works best on warmer days when the ice begins to soften.
As the ice around the edges of the eaves begin to melt climb up on a ladder and start hammering.
That way when the ice slides off it slides over the gutter hopefully.
Fall roof maintenance steps can include.
Todd i live in michigan have standing seam metal roof and just put on gutters due to 500yr rain storm.
Should i put on adheasive attatched snowjax snow ice stops.
How to protect gutters from ice slides.
Eventually over 1 2 of my gutters were ripped off of the house and the other 1 2 was damaged due to the ice.
My sister still lives in co.
Build up of heavy snow can cause ice dams and the weight can damage roofs gutters and downspouts.
Make it so the gutters can handle the snow shedding.
Several sliding snow issues are illustrated in figure 7.
I myself a few years ago rehung my gutters with 3 8 shoulder bolts.
I am concerned about them being ripped off by the weight of ice and snow this winter.
Another way gutters are damaged from snow and ice is from bearing the excessive weight of a big snow fall.
You will have to adjust all of this according to how regular.
How to stop it.
I installed a new metal roof and gutters last year.
To keep the snow on your roof from melting make sure your roof is well insulated and that warm air is not escaping.
On metal roofs in snow country we try to put the lip of the gutter 1 below the fall line of the roof.
Which that snow slides.
Clogged gutters will only accelerate the process of ice damming and over flow when the gutters fill up with ice and snow.
Plan view of a gabled roof building showing some sliding snow issues.
If snow or ice drops some distance dynamic loads may be imposed on a lower roof or on an object located below fig.
Clean gutters and down spouts removing debris snow and ice from gutters and drains ensures that melting snow can run off into the gutters without becoming trapped on the roof and potentially refreezing.
Also a snow rail or snow stops will hold the snow on the roof until it melts because you can t have snow cascading off the roof over the front door driveway etc.
The roof pitch is only 4 12.
This article describes failures in snow retention systems for buildng roofs.
With last winter s heavy snow fall with thawing during the day and refreezing at night the roof had a heavy ice build up just above the gutters.
Use a rubber mallet to limit your chances of damaging the roof.
We describe several types of failures that occur including damage to the snow fence or snow brake itself damage to the roof covering building leaks loss of clamp on glue on or other snow guard components and of course crashes of snow and ice onto shrubs vehicles and potentially people who have the misfortune to.
Every year the snow and ice slipping down from one of our viewers roofs does great damage to their rain gutters.
Vehicle damaged by snow and ice that fell from a roof.
