ice dams: Ice Dams: beware of these frosty winter roof devils
- 02/19/19 07:46 AM
It's ice dam season in my neck of the woods. (Literally, I live in the woods.) We all think of the freezing temperatures as time to watch our water pipes and cover outdoor hose bibs. Yes, that's sound winter advice, but there's another issue we tend to forget about in the winter until it rears it's cold, frosty head - ice dams. It takes the right weather condition as well as some snow build up to cause ice dams. My personal observation is they occur after a deep snow and then an extended period of frigid temperatures that stay below freezing day and … (1 comments)
We've had the "perfect storm" of weather conditions - deep snow and extended bitter freezing temperatures - to make for some very impressive ice dams and icicles on the eaves of roofs all over town. Ice dams occur when thick ice forms on the eaves and roof edges and prevents melting snow from draining. This occurs because the eaves that overhang the roof don't have insulation beneath them. When the heat rises inside the house, the warm air warms the roof above and begins to melt snow on the roof. … (3 comments)
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