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What is this thing?

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What are these “finial” looking things mounted to the roof area of homes on the East Coast [SOLVED] (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by chris to c/[email protected]
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Saw these on a trip to the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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/