Removing large amounts of snow and ice by hand every winter can be dangerous and it costs a large amount of money to repair or replace damages caused by these weather related nuisances.
Ice melt on metal roof.
A roof edge ice dam never forms and the snow and ice from the upper roof continues to melt and the melt water drains over the heated drip edge into the heated gutter and downspout and away from the structure s foundation.
No need to waste energy by heating the entire roof.
Heat tape metal roofs.
Unique heat tape cable systems for the roof valley and the roof flashing on metal roofs.
When your roof heats up and melts the.
When the water runs to the roof edge it freezes starting an ice dam that continues to grow and trap more water leading to leakage problems.
Snow is porous and allows water to flow.
Sprinkle a chemical.
2 a bucket bag of calcium chloride ice melt.
Water will flow as long as the roof surface stays above freezing.
Summit ice melt systems patented pro was developed to answer the overwhelming need for a safe reliable effective and truly energy efficient means to eliminate dangerous ice dams and icicles.
Here is what you will need.
The hotseam roof ice melt system provides a non penetrating seam clamp and a padded cable loop assembly that securely attaches horizontal heat cable runs to most raised seam roofs or eased seam flashings.
1 a few pairs of nylon stockings.
Installation on an existing roof usually requires removal of some of the roofing material.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
Ice is not porous and will trap water.
Prevent water roof damage.
Install heat cables to melt the snow at the edge of the roof.
Effective ice dam prevention for metal roofs hotmetal pro.
Hotmetal pro2x is a simple one piece roof edge ice melt system engineered to install on all new.
Summit s systems focus heat to right where it s needed.
The most obvious benefit of installing a roof ice melt system in your home is the prevention of snow loads and ice dams.
These are also called deicing cables and they can be.
Fill pantyhose with sidewalk salt to break up ice at the edge of the roof.
Heat cable ul listed to prevent ice dams.
Hotseam relies on a patent pending one piece design engineered to easily attach to existing raised seams on standing seam metal roofs.
They work effectively in temperatures down to 25 f.
Even on metal roofs the sun and building heat combine to melt accumulated snow at the roof snow interface.
This a complex job.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.