How To Fix Your Icicle Problem

Icicles forming off a homes roof in Park City is a very common problems. Icicles can not only speed up the wear of your homes roof, they also can be very dangerous as they grow. Let’s take a look at how Park City homeowners can fix their icicle problem.

Solution For Fixing Roof Icicle Problem

The problem that we are trying to solve with icicles forming is how to prevent water from freezing at the edge of your roof. We can do this by installing heat cable on the edge of your roof that heats up the problem area and helps prevent water from freezing.

Simple installing heat cable isn’t enough though. the heat cable melts snow into water, the water needs to have a way to get to the ground or else it could still freeze at the edge of your roof.

We can do this by installing gutters below your heat cable that directs the water from your roof, down to the ground. Inside of the gutters we also install heat cable to prevent water in the gutters from freezing and clogging up your gutter.

Solving your icicle problem requires that your install a gutter system with a heat cable system. This ensures that water doesn’t turn into ice on your roof and that the water created by the heat cable has a path down to the ground.