Snow Melts On My Roof Much Faster Than Neighbors

We also noticed the snow melts off our roof significantly faster than the neighbors leading me to evaluate our attic insulation.

Snow melts on my roof much faster than neighbors.

Do you have insulation over all the ducts leading out of the furnace and down into the house that are exposed in the attic. How much snow a roof can hold depends on the type of snow roofline and material among other considerations. The more surface area of snow the quicker it will melt. These questions aren t quite so easy to answer because there are several variables.

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. I can imagine some of the heat from inside the furnace radiates out and melts your snow faster. In vacant homes with the heat turned low the snow doesn t melt much. Have you noticed that snow melts quicker on some roofs rather than others it s a big tell on how good your insulation is.

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. The typical rafter s moi is more than enough to handle snow loads. 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. It too kept snow on the roof longer than any other house around.

My wife and i moved into our current house about a year ago and this past winter the house was drafty and uncomfortable. For any rafter the portion of the. However it means that these thick mounds take longer to melt than say a thin sheet of snow on the ground. The roof deck collects the snow load and transfers the weight to the rafters.

Sometimes lots of uniform snow on the roof isn t a good indicator of an efficient house though. How the snow melts on your home s roof provides clues to attic insulation needs. 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. In todays video we take a quick look at some house roofs and a look at my.