When Alex Rose needs a snow retention system, Rocky Mountain Snow Guards is his go-to place. Since 1993, Excel Roofing has been an intricate part of the Colorado roofing community. Now with locations also in Wyoming, the company has 21 project managers. One of those managers, Alex Rose, serves the Colorado ...
Rocky Mountain Snow Guards announces sponsorship of “Pup in Training” at Freedom Service Dogs. Rocky Mountain Snow Guards, Inc., a leader in the snow retention industry, has launched an intended long-term partnership with Freedom Service Dogs, the non-profit organization dedicated to raising and training skilled therapy dogs. The relationship begins with ...
By Emma Peterson. From beauty to strength to a 100-year lifespan, copper roofs come with a variety of benefits. Copper as a building material is probably most commonly thought of in reference to the color-changing skin of the Statue of Liberty in New York City, but it actually has a ...
By Rocky Mountain Snow Guards. Snow guards are primarily installed on a roof above areas of high foot traffic. However, they're also used to protect any property you may have from sliding snow and ice avalanches from roofs. Over the years, homeowners have asked the question, “Can I just install snow guards ...
By Rocky Mountain Snow Guards. It was a head-scratcher. A graduate student 14-building apartment complex at Princeton University in New Jersey was experiencing multiple roofing issues. There were some design flaws on the buildings, including a steep pitch to less than a 3/12 pitch transition that was then attempted to install an ...
By Rocky Mountain Snow Guards. Here's what the roofing professionals have to say about building a winning snow guard system. Roofing contractors across the country know that it’s essential to install a snow retention system in certain geographic areas… and especially with specific types of roofing like synthetics, metal, slate and concrete. ...
By Emma Peterson. Not only do snow retention systems protect homeowners, but they also protect contractors’ reputations. The goal of snow retention systems is to keep snowpack on a roof, rather than letting it slide off in uncontrolled amounts. This has a multitude of benefits for the homeowner, from as ...
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of a live interview with Mark Hubbard of Morris Turner Commercial Services and Josh Yandle of Umbrella Roofing. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast. Intro: Welcome to Roofing Road Trips, the podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey ...
Winter's just around the corner, prepare ahead of time before the snow storms hit! Rocky Mountain Snow Guards now offers both one-on-one and group setting free training classes detailing the installation of snow retention systems. Sessions can be done onsite at Colorado locations or set up virtually for contractors nationwide. “We can ...
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s what has been trending on the MetalCoffeeShop™ (MCS) newsroom this past month. With the Spanish-speaking roofing community growing daily, more associations are offering resources to this valuable sector of the industry. One of our most-read articles from last month was a press release highlighting the National ...