Ice dams are easy ridge of ice, preventing the form on the edge of the roof of a house and that the melt snow and / or drainage of water from the roof. The water, if they can undrained loss at home the cause of the roof, ceiling, walls, insulation and other problems.
A number of things that can cause ice dams, including the loss of heat from the house, the snow on the roof, and outside temperature. In order to form ice dams, it is usually has snow on the roof of yourhome. At the same time, the areas of greatest external surface of the roof is usually above zero, while the lower zone, below the freezing point. This typically happens when the outside temperature is below zero degrees or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperatures reached the highest levels of the roof above the freezing point, they begin to melt. As the water flows from melting snow reaches the roof and the underside of the roof (ie below zero) it crashes again. This leads to aIce dam. The dam will increase as the water flows down the roof from melting snow, but is generally limited to those areas of the roof, which remain below freezing. The water that remains trapped thawed the ice dam to find cracks and openings in the roof and water damage may ceilings, insulation and the walls of your home.
It 'can be prevented and / or stop ice dams before they can cause damage to the roof and interior of your home.In order to prevent ice dams in full, you must control the heat loss from your home. This can be ensured by controlling your ceiling to ensure they are well insulated and no heat escaping through the highest areas of your roof can be done.
If you have ice dams can be removed before the damage is done. First, you need the snow from the roof. Thus, the water turns into ice when it melts and freezes. Broom or rake roof can be used to remove snowroof, but keep in mind that the damage to the roof, if you miss a rake roof. In emergency situations, where the melt water flows into the house, you can create channels so that the ice dam so the water drained from the roof. Under a water hose and the use of hot water in a day when temperatures are above freezing creates flow channels and allow the melt water from your roof and prevents the further formation of ice and maintain security internal waterDamage. Note, however, that these channels only for a few days work, so you should remove the ice dams from home as quickly as possible.
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