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2. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

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   The phenomenon is simple: heated from below, the snow melts, flows between the slope and the snow cover, then freezes passing over the overhangs of the roof exposed to the cold air. Tons of ice can accumulate. The "double roof" is the most effective way to counteract these drawbacks. The complex consists of:

3. Snow guard - Wikipedia

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   Three-pipe Snow Fence System Snow Guards in Jackson, WY, USA Standing seam metal roof with Snow guards to keep snow from sliding off the roof too quickly. A snow guard is a device used to retain snow and ice from falling from one surface to a lower one; in contemporary usage, they are installed to prevent snow/ice pack from avalanching and damaging people, plants, and property below.

4. Bituminous waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   The underlayment also sheds any water which penetrates the roof covering from an ordinary leak, a leak from wind-driven rain or snow, wind damage to the roof covering, or ice dams. However, the application of underlays may increase the roof temperature, which is the leading cause of ageing of asphalt shingles. Not installing an underlay may ...

5. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 m 2 (1½ acres), it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. A roof’s shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive ...

6. Membrane roofing - Wikipedia

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   The finished roof's thickness is usually between 30 and 120 mils (thousandths of an inch; 0.75 mm to 1.50 mm). The most commonly used cured elastomer membranes are ethylene propylene diene monomer (commonly EPDM ) and neoprene, although all thermoset products combined fail to account for more than 10% of all commercial roofing.

7. Watch: Drone footage shows caved-in roofs after lake-effect ...

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   A few scattered snow showers are expected in the area Thursday evening as the lake-effect snow event winds down. Original article source: Watch: Drone footage shows caved-in roofs after lake ...

8. Classifications of snow - Wikipedia

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   Snow accumulation on ground and in tree branches in Germany Snow blowing across a highway in Canada Spring snow on a mountain in France. Classifications of snow describe and categorize the attributes of snow-generating weather events, including the individual crystals both in the air and on the ground, and the deposited snow pack as it changes over time.

9. Florida Mystery: Chunk Of Ice Crashes Through Roof - AOL

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   This wasn't your usual call for the local fire department. They responded after a large chunk of ice crashed through a Florida roof Monday. Pieces of ice were also scattered on the ground.