Although we strongly recommend that you have TRA-MAGE design an engineered layout, at the very minimum these guidelines must be followed:

1. Never terminate the snow brackets in a straight vertical line up the roof. They must be installed from the eave to ridge going out at a 45 degree angle up the roof.
2. Valleys must have snow brackets on both slopes.
3. If you are only installing snow brackets on one side of the roof, check with your engineer to see if your truss or stick frame construction can take the entire load on one side of the roof structure.
4. Always install the snow brackets per manufacturer details. The triangle part of the snow bracket is to be over the head lap of the tile.
5. Always install the snow brackets on an upper roof that sheds snow and ice on to a lower roof.
6. Always double the snow brackets on the eave course for heavier snow and ice loads.