Getting Snow Off Metal Roof

A metal roof is great for preventing snow build up because the sun heats up the metal and causes the snow to slide right off.

Getting snow off metal roof.

We are usually asked for ways to stop the snow from sliding off the roof all at once. Here s how i removed snow from my roof with a rope. You can also tie two ropes to a swivel and pull the swivel to. You will have to adjust all of this according to how regular rainfall flows off the roof you don t want the water to overshoot the rain gutter.

November 19 2014 10 56pm 3. The rain gutter should be installed a bit lower down so it is not directly in the path of the sliding snow and the metal roof should hang almost halfway over the gutter. Ron beaver hay and myself provide a how to on wiring snow off a roof. I have a metal roof with a shallow 3 12 pitch.

You just need to get a rope over your roof. Snow and ice released well the first season when the metal still had the oil or coating it leaves the factory with but now it no longer releases on its own.