Chris@programming.dev to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat are these “finial” looking things mounted to the roof area of homes on the East Coast [SOLVED]i.imgur.comimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1imageWhat are these “finial” looking things mounted to the roof area of homes on the East Coast [SOLVED]i.imgur.comChris@programming.dev to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezosu@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoidk if this is the same, but in my country we have things looking like tiny ladders standing on their side in exactly that location on roofs to stop a big load of snow going down at once, possibly hurting someone unsuspecting standing below
minus-squarezosu@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoyeah that’s it. i researched the name in my country and translated it to “snow guard”: https://www.stortz.com/product/snow-guard-sl1/
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idk if this is the same, but in my country we have things looking like tiny ladders standing on their side in exactly that location on roofs to stop a big load of snow going down at once, possibly hurting someone unsuspecting standing below
yeah that’s it. i researched the name in my country and translated it to “snow guard”: https://www.stortz.com/product/snow-guard-sl1/