Ice Dam Help

[MarkB]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

The one point of the building science thing that I posted is that the reason you get icedams is you are losing heat thru the roof. If you do the things they suggest you will 1. Not have ice dams 2. Save money on fuel. Sometimes the cure can be done in less time than it takes to chop off ice dams. Most airsealing and insulation upgrades are pretty low tech.

The most important point of all. I had cracks running up the corners of four closets that I finally patched this year. That warm air getting out of the rooms and in to the wall interiors goes straight up to the attic. I also taped over all the unused wall sockets. Add this to the attic insulation I've done in the last couple years and I've got more snow on my roof than any neighbor - because my attic is so cold. I did get ice in my gutters, but none on the roof itself, and no water leaks.