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Caring For Your Canopy in the Snow

Caring For Your Canopy in the Snow

Simple steps to ensure your canopy remains safe and well-maintained this winter

Although, it’s been a while since we’ve had a heavy snowfall across the UK, the risk is still a possibility in our ever-changing and unpredictable weather system. It’s therefore important to familiarise yourself with the maintenance required to ensure your canopy is keep safe during the winter months to avoid disruption to your school as well as accidents or injuries.

Whilst our canopy structures have been tested, and calculations have been performed, it is important to always remove snow from the roof of your canopy as with any other structure you have in place. A build-up of heavy snow on your canopy will cause excess strain on the structure and it is therefore advised that the snow is removed regularly.

If snow is left to build up on your fabric tensile structure or shade sail cloth, it can cause strain on the fixings and damage to the cloth, causing it to sag due to the additional weight.

We strongly encourage you to remain alert & prepared when we have such weather warnings and ensure all outside equipment and structures such as canopies, shelters and shade sails are safe. Please follow the steps below to keep your shade and shelter structures safe this winter.

Canopy Maintenance in the Snow

To remove the snow from the roof of your canopy, use a soft, long handled broom to gently push the snow off, onto the ground underneath.

Please ensure the correct access equipment is used when clearing snow from any of our canopy structures and ensure no one is standing nearby as falling snow could fall onto them.

To find out how to maintain your canopy gutters, please click here: Canopy Gutter Maintenance

Tensile Fabric Structures and Shade Sail Maintenance in the Snow

As soon as snow starts to build up, it is strongly advised that you push a soft, long handled broom underneath the cloth of your structure and push the snow onto the ground.

Please ensure no one is standing nearby as falling snow could fall onto them.

A build-up of heavy snow on your fabric structure will cause excess strain and we recommend that the snow is removed regularly.

Our customer’s health and safety are of paramount importance to us; please ensure you take the necessary safety precautions when attempting to clear snow from your structure.

If you have any questions or if you are unsure about how to maintain your canopy in extreme weather please feel free to call us on 0800 389 9072 or email us: sales@ablecanopies.co.uk

Able Canopies Ltd. design, manufacture and install commercial grade canopies, shade sails, awnings and shelters across the UK. We specialise in servicing the education, leisure, healthcare and retail sectors and have extensive experience working with schools, councils, architects and contracting firms.
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