Removing Ice From Your Roof

An ice dam can damage both your roof and the inside of your home.

Removing ice from your roof.

There are several things you can do to avoid getting an ice dam or to reduce the risk of damage after one has formed but. Here are five ways to remove an ice dam from your roof. If your home is beginning to suffer the leaks indicative of an ice dam take a fan a box fan or small air mover into your attic and direct it at the section of roof suffering the leak. Clip a snow melting system to your roof to resist ice formation.

Eliminate its fuel source if left alone the ice dam will continue to be built up by the snow and ice up on your roof. Ice dams are a common sight in northern new england winters and home partners has dealt with quite a few. It will put gutters and downspouts at risk too. See below for a shopp.

This blast of cold air will usually be enough to refreeze the fingers of the ice dam while the snow and ice is melting away on the outside of your home. If necessary use a long handled garden rake or hoe to push it into position. Snow melting systems take the form of heated wires that clip to shingles and the edge of your roof. Then plug the system into a nearby outlet to melt away the snow.

Run the heating elements back and forth in a zigzag above the gutters. The calcium chloride will eventually melt through the snow and ice and create a channel for water to flow down into the gutters or off the roof.