Heat cables also known as heat tape or roof ice cables are often the first things that come to mind for homeowners attempting to deal with ice dams.
Roof ice dams heat tape.
Heattape pro heatcable pro.
The easiest solution for heat tape installation is our plug in ready self regulating heattape pro.
Is that really a good idea.
First and foremost i t is very important to understand that heat cables do not prevent ice dams from forming or get rid of them altogether.
Just plug in the led illuminated three pronged plug into a standard outlet and use some of our roof clips to affix the cable to your roof.
In addition they are too dangerous to remove yourself.
Ice dams can be expensive to remove.
Not all heat tape is made for the same thing.
You might be saying to yourself electricity and water.
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Notice that in this photo there is still an accumulation of ice on the eave.
After decades of working with ice dams gutter ice and snow covered eaves we decided that the status quo of ice dam prevention systems could use a bit of innovation.
Roof heat tape to the rescue.
Available in 14 different lengths from 6 foot to 150 foot.
Heat tape made for water pipes should not be.
In terms of ice dam prevention roof heat tape is generally used to create relief channels in ice dams to allow for the efficient escape of water off a pitched roof.