Melting roof snow and ice dams....

We just got this and thought I’d pass it along. Ignore the contact info...just passing on the info....

Houses up north have protection for ice dams. Unfortunately ours don't.

Get you a slick metal roof. It'll stick for a little while but slide right on off with a little inside house heat or any sun. Especially if you have a steep slope to the roof. What i read on the internet.

the side of my house doesn't look like that

Of all the metal roofs we've have installed (probably at least a thousand over the last 30 years) I got one call from ice damming in this recent storm. Standing seam in a low pitch valley area so overall can't complain. But all roofs can have ice dams not just metal.

My son had it happen to him.

I went out and broomed snow off the roof...from the ground with a step ladder and a shop broom then threw rock salt on the roof so it would melt and not refreeze

I had this happen to me. Small drip, small stain from ice dam back up melt. I just couldn't figure a safe way to get up on 2 story extreme pitch to clear it off in time