What we do · 05
Snow brakes, so the roof doesn’t shed onto the gutters.
A steel roof lets a winter of snow go all at once. When it does, it goes through the gutter, over the walk, and onto whatever is parked under the eave. Brakes hold it up there so it melts instead of falling.
How we do it
The job behind the photograph.
Snow slides on steel. That is what makes a metal roof a metal roof, and it is what makes gutters under one a problem: a sheet of packed snow lets go on a warm afternoon and it takes the gutter, the downspout and sometimes the fascia with it. Snow brakes are the fix. Small brackets, fixed in staggered rows above the eave, that break the sheet up and hold it on the roof so it leaves as water.
They are set differently for a standing-seam roof, where they clamp to the seams without a hole, and for a screw-down roof, where they fix through the rib into the purlin. Row spacing depends on the pitch, the length of the slope and what is below it: a walk-out door wants more protection than a field. The Dryden job on the home page is brakes on a red steel roof before the first snow.
Brakes and a steel gutter are the pairing for pole barns and metal-roofed homes. Ask for both at once and the job is one visit.
Roofs
Standing seam and screw-down
Seam clamps on one, through-the-rib fixings on the other. No holes in a flat pan.
Layout
Staggered rows
Spaced to the pitch, the slope and what sits under the eave.
Pairs with
Steel gutters
The heavier gutter for a roof that sheds snow and ice.
Season
Before the snow
Fall is the time. Ask early and it is on the calendar.
Free estimates
Get a number for your snow brakes.
A rough size and what is there now is enough to start. Zack reads it, calls you back, and measures the roofline: free, in writing.
(586) 255-5387- kostiuk34@gmail.com
- Based in
- Almont, Michigan 48003
- Hours
- Calls answered seven days a week
Often asked for together
While the trailer is there.
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Steel Gutters
Heavier gauge for the long runs, pole barns and metal roofs that shed snow and ice.
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Seamless Aluminum Gutters
5″ and 6″ K-style run to length in your driveway from heavy-gauge coil. No seams to leak.
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Commercial, Repair & Replacement
Storefronts, shops and outbuildings. Re-pitch, re-seal, or replace what’s failing.