Roof Snow Removal in La Vista

La Vista's own. The City of La Vista's Building Department says the city has adopted the 2018 I-Codes, including the International Residential Code, and that the department oversees permits and inspections for construction and remodeling, with online permitting and help at the Community Development office.

That code's climate table is where a city sets its design snow load and says whether an ice barrier is required under the shingles. Ask the department for La Vista's values; the guide to how much snow a roof can hold shows what Omaha's table says, for comparison.

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2019 to 2023 five-year estimates) puts the median year La Vista's housing was built at 1992. About 36 percent of the city's homes were built before 1980 and about 37 percent in 2000 or later, so a block of established houses can sit beside one built this century.

The older half is where to look first. The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety's figure of about 20 pounds per square foot for a residential roof assumes a structure that is not damaged or decayed, and packed, old snow is the catch: 3 to 5 inches of it weighs about the same 5 psf as 10 to 12 inches of new snow, so the IBHS says more than 2 feet of old snow may be too much. The newer half is more often an ice dam question than a weight one.

Our crews, by hand, with steam for the ice at the eaves. Rocket Roofing General Contractor's Papillion office at 110 N Washington St handles La Vista along with Papillion, and our headquarters is in Omaha. OSHA's advice on rooftop snow removal is to keep people off a snowy roof when the job can be done from the ground, which is why we would rather you called than climbed. The roof snow removal page covers how the work is done safely.

An ice dam forms because heat from the house warms the upper roof while the eaves stay below freezing, the University of Minnesota Extension explains, and it advises calling professionals rather than going up. If water is already coming in, what to do when an ice dam leaks lists the first steps, and ice dam removal is how we take it off: with steam, never by prying at the shingles.

Office hours are 9 to 5, and during storms and emergencies we take night and weekend calls. Call us at (402) 291-8888. After the snow, the roof, gutters and siding are looked at in one free visit, with photos and a free estimate in writing. For roofing, siding and gutters in La Vista all year, from the streets near Walnut Creek Lake to the La Vista Community Center, see the La Vista page.