Construction Canada – Snow Guard Design
Were are very excited to have our article Considerations for Snow Guard Design published in the Construction Canada magazine. For the past 10 years Sky Products has designed and supplied over 500,000 linear feet of S-5! snow guards across Canada. Sky Products remains the largest stocking S-5! distributor in Canada and has been recognized as the best […]
Snow Time Like Now!!!
Snow Time! Plan Ahead! It is inevitable, we live in Canada and the snow will be coming! Typically snow guards have been an afterthought once a project has been completed, were missed during the initial scope of work or inadequate snow guards were used and now need to be replaced. At this point, chances […]
Cheap Snow Guards Now Means Expensive Repairs Later
Snow Guards… don’t they all work the same? Over the years, we have seen our share of “snow guards,” and throughout the years, we have been contacted to fix what some people in the industry call snow guards. What many fail to realize is, a snow guard is an integral part of a metal roof and should […]
Snow Guard Questions
WHY KEEP SNOW ON THE ROOF? When snow avalanches off of a rooftop, it can damage anything in its path! This sudden release of snow can be dramatic—dumping tons of snow all at once. Falling snow forms a temperature-sensitive bond to the surface of a metal roof. As that roof is warmed, whether from the […]
S-5! ColorGard Case Study
S-5! Colorgard® “The installation process alone cut the costs of labor in half because the customer did not have to install 7,000+ screws as previously planned; however, the big take away is by using S-5! ColorGard®, they have future-proofed their new roofs and avoided the headache of roof leaks for years to come.”―Dave Kowch, Business […]
Falling Snow and Ice
Original article posted https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/9806458-danger-of-falling-snow-ice-spurs-safety-fencing-outside-orillia-museum/ Danger of falling snow, ice spurs safety fencing outside Orillia museum Safety fencing erected in front of the Orillia Museum of Art and History will remain in place until a solution is found to prevent snow and ice from sliding off the metal roof and onto the sidewalk below. The fencing […]
Snow Guards and Metal Roofs
Reposted with permission – original post https://blog.s-5.com/blog/will-snow-guards-damage-my-metal-roof Posted by Shawn deAngelo on Jan 6, 2020 9:13:50 AM Sky Products has been supplying S-5! products in Canada for 10 years. More articles on S-5! snow guards and clamps available in Canada from Sky Products https://bit.ly/31kU4ag Massive snow accumulation on a roof creates the potential for an unpredictable avalanche-like […]
Which S-5! Standing Seam Clamp?
www.s-5.com “Which S-5! Standing Seam Clamp do I use on my metal roof?” Over the years we have received many questions about S-5! standing seam clamps and snow guards however that is the most common question. First you need to determine what type of metal roof you have. S-5! Provides various solutions for all metal […]
Standing Seam vs. Exposed Fastener Metal Roofs
Originally Posted by Kimberly Reichert on Dec 19, 2018 12:28:39 PM https://tinyurl.com/yc6k7crd reposted with permissions – www.s-5.com A metal roof is a metal roof, right? WRONG. Standing seam and exposed fastener roofs may both be metal and may even serve similar purposes, but the two styles are very different indeed. Standing Seam Roof Let’s start with […]
What Type of Snow Guard is On Your Metal Roof? Choose The Right Way!
reposted with permission – original post can be found at http://blog.s-5.com/blog/what-snow-guard-is-on-your-metal-roof Sky Products Ltd and S-5! Metal Roof Attachments. Sky Products Ltd has been a proud stocking distributor of S-5! since 2010 and since then has grown to be the number one source in Canada for anything S-5!. With the newest update to the National Building Code […]
