Choosing the Best Snow Guards for Exposed-Fastened Roofs

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Live in snow country and have an exposed-fastener metal roof? What is the best method for preventing dangerous snow avalanches on your metal roof? How expensive and complicated is the solution to this problem? And how can it be done The Right Way™? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Shawn Haddock and Jon Moss talk about S-5!’s exposed-fastener roof snow retention systems.

Lesson Objectives

  • Learn about S-5!’s long history with exposed-fastener metal roofs.
  • Discover the different exposed-fastener snow retention (snow guard) systems that S-5! offers.
  • Learn how the systems vary in design and are The Right Way! to prevent rooftop avalanches on your exposed-fastener metal roof.

Lesson 1

Choosing Snow Guards

Shawn Haddock 

shawn haddock

Shawn Haddock has been with S-5! since its inception and has held many titles over the years. With a background in steel erection and metal roof installation, he stays actively engaged as a field technician working shoulder-to-shoulder with contractors and installers. Inside the office, Shawn manages four departments: Warranty & Product Support, Layout & Design, Video Production and Information Technology.

Jon Moss 

jon moss

Jon started as a manufacturing engineer at the S-5! manufacturing facility in 2018. He performs a variety of mechanical testing, as well as other scientific studies, in addition to back-end management and consultation for S-5!’s various quality testing and other accreditations. With formal training in manufacturing engineering as well as hands-on material processing and mechanical expertise, he understands not only how things are manufactured, but how they are manufactured efficiently.