The dreaded Ice Dam

1/15/2019 (Permalink)

Just hearing the words “Ice Dam” has a very scary ring to it. Absolutely NO home owner wants to hear those two words. Now an ice dam itself looks very inviting. Who doesn’t love the looks of pretty icicles hanging from your roof? However, those same conditions that make icicles hang the way they do also allow the ice dams to form.

According to www.thisoldhouse.com, ice dams can tear off gutters, loosen shingles, and cause water to back up and pour into your house. When that happens, the results aren’t pretty. It can cause peeling paint, warped floors, stained and sagging ceilings.

Ice dams form when heat collects in the attic and warms the roof. Then the snow melts on the warm roof and then freezes on the cold eaves. Finally, ice accumulates along the eaves, forming a dam. Meltwater from the warm roof backs up behind it, flows under the shingles, and into the house.

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