On Point Contracting takes the 2024 win for Most Impressive Fence Style Snow Retention System

By Rocky Mountain Snow Guards.

This innovative snow retention system solved a homeowner's snow slide problem while saving time and money and providing peace of mind.

Homeowner Stephen Perlmutter was frustrated by roofers who couldn’t figure out how to add a snow retention system to his roof. He needed one because his recently installed solar panels were shedding snow in massive snow slides.

Then he met roofing contractor Nick Piontek with On Point Contracting out of Littleton, Colorado. He recommended moving the solar panels higher on the roof, moving some air vents and adding Drift Solar Snow Fences. He advised that the 12” tall, 4-pipe snow fence would create a “catch basin” for snow before it slides off the roof. In addition, he told Perlmutter that the homeowner had hail damage and he helped him win an insurance claim with State Farm®.

“State Farm paid to have the entire roof replaced,” explains Perlmutter. “That meant removing the solar panels, so Nick moved them up the roof during reinstallation. Due to Nick’s innovative approach to the problem and his can-do attitude, all we paid for was the moving of the air vent exhausts, the snow fence and its installation! And now the snow is held back and melts naturally!”

For his innovative ideas and product installation, Piontek’s project was named the Grand Prize Winner in the “Most Impressive Fence Style Snow Retention System” in the 2024 Show Us Our Snow Guards Contest sponsored by Rocky Mountain Snow Guards.