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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 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by chris@programming.dev to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Saw these on a trip to the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania.

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[–] Heliumfart@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Snow guards or snow stops. They keep the snow from dumping off the roof quickly.

[–] chris@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Solved!

[–] mykl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hi OP, unfortunately we don’t have a way to add flair to a post, so can you please add “[SOLVED]” to the end of your title? Thanks!