{"id":2389,"date":"2025-08-16T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/snow-weight\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:37:03","slug":"snow-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/snow-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #b0946b;\">ROOFING AND WINTER THAW: AVOID WATER INFILTRATION AND COLLAPSE<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>With the increasingly unstable winters caused by climate change, thawing episodes are becoming more and more frequent. When a sudden rise in temperature occurs, the snow on your roof quickly melts and becomes heavy and wet. This can lead to :  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <\/span><b>water infiltration in your home<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <\/span><b>roof damage<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in some cases <\/span><b>partial or complete collapse<\/b><b>\n<p><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PREVENTION: AN ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POLICYHOLDER<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>As a policyholder, you are responsible for taking the necessary preventive measures to limit the risk of loss. For example: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make <\/span><b>cleared of snow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by a professional<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check sensitive areas such as <\/span><b>ventilation outlets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outlets <\/span><b>gutters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><b>skylights<\/b><b>\n<p><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEED ADVICE?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every situation is unique. Contact your   <\/span>home insurance broker<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to validate your coverage in the event of water damage or collapse caused by snow and ice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the increasingly unstable winters caused by climate change, thawing episodes are becoming more and more frequent. When a sudden rise in temperature occurs, the snow on your roof quickly melts and becomes heavy and wet. This can lead to :  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Snow weight: protect your roof and your home","_seopress_titles_desc":"Snow weight: avoid water infiltration and roof collapse. Find out more and talk to your home insurance broker. ","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.langelierassurances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}