Snow Melts On My Roof Much Faster Than Neighbors

In todays video we take a quick look at some house roofs and a look at my.

Snow melts on my roof much faster than neighbors.

How much snow a roof can hold depends on the type of snow roofline and material among other considerations. The roof deck collects the snow load and transfers the weight to the rafters. My wife and i moved into our current house about a year ago and this past winter the house was drafty and uncomfortable. However it means that these thick mounds take longer to melt than say a thin sheet of snow on the ground.

It too kept snow on the roof longer than any other house around. The typical rafter s moi is more than enough to handle snow loads. The more surface area of snow the quicker it will melt. If so we got a little bit of that same snow here in atlanta and i was living in the house that i d just built.

For any rafter the portion of the. How the snow melts on your home s roof provides clues to attic insulation needs. These questions aren t quite so easy to answer because there are several variables. Thank you in advance for any insight your expertise is much appreciated.

That heat melts the snow on the roof. I can imagine some of the heat from inside the furnace radiates out and melts your snow faster. If not that would definately heat up the attic and melt the roof snow much faster than an neighbor with a furnace not in the attic. Have you noticed that snow melts quicker on some roofs rather than others it s a big tell on how good your insulation is.

So you should get outside after a gentle snowstorm to examine your roof and compare it to the neighbors. One way to judge that is to see whether you see unmelted areas where the rafters are which would prove that the heat is coming directly through from the attic to the roof. If not that would definately heat up the attic and melt the roof snow much faster than an neighbor with a furnace not in the. We also noticed the snow melts off our roof significantly faster than the neighbors leading me to evaluate our attic insulation.