Ice dams can cause expensive repairs and extensive damage to your home. Many homeowners don’t call roofers to have them removed until they feel it’s an emergency.
Ice dams are a ridge of ice that form along the edge of a roof, preventing melting snow from running off.
Ice dams and icicles form when the snow on your roof melts, runs down, and then refreezes by the edge. This is caused by part of your roof being warm above 32 degrees. This is the result of a warm attic. In the majority of homes, the heat escapes through your ceilings into the attic warming the wood and shingles above it. Despite the outdoor temperature being below freezing, the snow melts on the warmed section of the roof. When this melted water runs down your roof and hits the cold edge it freezes. This frozen edge will grow and continue to trap more water, creating an ice dam.
These are the most common signs you have an ice dam emergency. In this case you should call a roofer for professional ice dam removal.
Ice dams force leaking water from the roof into the ceilings and walls. This can lead to:
Steaming away ice dams is a professional-only task because it requires the use of commercial steaming equipment that heats water and dispenses it under pressure. The roofing professional will first remove excess snow from the roof by shoveling and then steam channels through the ice dam to help it melt. They may chip away parts of the dam as they go until the roof is clear of ice.
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