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2. What is an ‘ice dam?’ How to avoid this rooftop hazard during ...

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   As freezing temperatures descend on Kansas City, here’s how to keep your roof free of this ice formation and prevent damage to your home.

3. Ice dam (roof) - Wikipedia

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   An ice dam is an ice build-up on the eaves of sloped roofs of heated buildings that results from melting snow under a snow pack reaching the eave and freezing there. Freezing at the eave impedes the drainage of meltwater, which adds to the ice dam and causes backup of the meltwater, which may cause water leakage into the roof and consequent ...

4. Snow guard - Wikipedia

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   Three-pipe Snow Fence System Snow Guards in Jackson, WY, USA Standing seam metal roof with Snow guards to keep snow from sliding off the roof too quickly. A snow guard is a device used to retain snow and ice from falling from one surface to a lower one; in contemporary usage, they are installed to prevent snow/ice pack from avalanching and damaging people, plants, and property below.

5. Scrub Hub: What are ice dams and how big of a problem are ...

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   An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof caused by uneven surface temperatures across your roof. These dams can cause big problems with leaking in your home.

6. Bituminous waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   The underlayment also sheds any water which penetrates the roof covering from an ordinary leak, a leak from wind-driven rain or snow, wind damage to the roof covering, or ice dams. However, the application of underlays may increase the roof temperature, which is the leading cause of ageing of asphalt shingles. Not installing an underlay may ...

7. Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial ...

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   The damage could have been much worse if the flood coincided with heavy rains, he said. Chris and Bob Winter built their house about 50 feet (15.2 meters) off the Mendenhall River in 1981.