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ing large amounts of daily snow. “Handling the snow was a huge issue,” Burgoyne says. “The temperature range fl uctuates widely during the day so we get a lot of melting and sliding snow. Getting water away from the house was critical. The RHEINZINK system worked very well. And it’s a lot simpler to say that it worked well than it sounds because of the mass of snow that slides down and wants to tear off anything in its path. A system that holds itself together is obviously criti- cally important.” Metal roofi ng and fl ashings are ideal for shed-
ding snow that falls heavy and melts quickly. The material warms with the sun almost immediately,
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even when it is still below freezing, and separates the snow and ice from the roof surface. Moisture and gravity then remove the snow naturally, allow- ing the log-work to remain protected until the next snowfall. RHEINZINK’s gutter and downspout component system integrated seamlessly with the roofi ng system. Also, snow guards from Morrisville, Vt.-based
Alpine Snowguards helped minimize the snow’s effects. “The snow guards used were cast alu- minum cleats attached (with bolt compression fasteners) to the vertical ribs of the folded seam roofi ng pans with long horizontal rods stretching across the roof,” Burgoyne says. “These rods
break up the snowfall while letting melt run freely below it, while also breaking up any sliding pieces of ice before they can damage the roof edge or anything else below the roof.”
Installation issues The way the cabin was designed, there were unique joining conditions between the log walls, the metal roofi ng and the metal counter-fl ashings. Unlike most framing systems, logwork is a living system, and constantly moves and settles, which means that every joint must have some fl exibility to it. Fortunately, Burgoyne had an experienced team that could address each condition along the
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