Roof accessories, snow retention and roof clamps featured in Metal Construction News’ April 2019 issue.
AceClamp
AceClamp’s Snow Titan snow retention rail system has a non-penetrating, sliding-pin clamp design that does not damage panels and maintains the roof’s warranty. The Snow Titan has triangular rails, ice flags that snap into place and clamping claws.
Alpine SnowGuards
Alpine SnowGuards’ SnowPad snow guard for metal roofing features a milled countersink on the underside of the pad that accepts the company’s Simple Seal bushing. When the bushing is inserted, a watertight compression seal is formed. It is produced with cast aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastic. Finishes are mill finish aluminum, black, fiber-reinforced plastic and powder-coating.
Levi's Building Components
Levi’s Building Components’ FloVent R120 Metal Roof Ridge Vent has polyether foam construction that prevents weather element damage by compressing and conforming to voids between ridge caps and roof panels. It fits many roof panel profiles and configurations and can be used with all ridge caps. FloVent R120 is designed to protect and prolong the life of metal roofs. It comes in 2-inch-wide by 20-foot-long rolls with continuous adhesive strips.
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Rocky Mountain Snow Guards Inc.
Rocky Mountain Snow Guards’ Blizzard II+ is a fence-style snow retention system that uses two or three pipes. The system utilizes two of S-5!’s aluminum Mini Clamps attached to aluminum uprights, stainless steel set screws for the clamps, aluminum tubing, aluminum swage tubing, aluminum end-caps, and stainless steel ice flags and set screws. The aluminum brackets for the two-pipe and three-pipe configurations are both 5.625 inches wide. The two-pipe brackets are 4.28 inches tall, and the three-pipe brackets are 6.28 inches tall.
