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

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   Heat loss from your house, precipitation and outside temperatures all can interact to form ice dams. Heat escaping through the roof will often melt snow or ice on the surface, which will then flow ...

3. 12 Steps to prepare your home for winter - AOL

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   How do you prevent ice dams? To avoid the formation of ice dams, taking preventative measures is key. This includes regularly cleaning out your gutters and downspouts to ensure that melting snow ...

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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   Some individual buildings may melt snow and ice with electric heating elements buried in the pavement, or even on a roof to prevent ice dams on the shingles, or to keep massive chunks of snow and dangerous icicles from collapsing on anyone below. Small areas of pavement can be kept ice-free by circulating heated liquids in embedded piping systems.

7. Ice dam (roof) - Wikipedia

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   An ice belt—a band of metal roofing—installed at the eaves helps prevent the formation of ices dams by placing a low-friction surface where ice dams are likely to form. If an ice dam does form, the ice belt may reduce the penetration of standing water. Metal roofs with adequate roof pitch and minimal valleys are effective at shedding snow. [1]