Sunday, January 12, 2020

Did you know that the early signs of having roof and sheathing damage is the signs of heat loss with ice damming. Ice damning occurs with variable symptoms including lack of proper insulation values that allows heat loss to thermal bridge against the underside of your roof sheathing creating frost and moisture build up.This Thermal Bridging allows the snow pack to melt and then rapidly flash freeze on the roofs edges.This continuous cycle allows the build up of thick ice formations (Dams) that don't allow it to drain and causing pooling on the back side. A for sure sign of improper roof ventilation and inadequate soffit draw with heat loss is the lack of snow buildup on the roof sides.If left unattended this can cause black mold buildup and significant costs for plywood replacement.Some roof designs in older cathedral systems in a open cell system can cause issue in the same effect,where as the installation of low voltage Ice cable installations can prevent this ice damming from building up.Call us today to learn more about this effect and the solutions that we can offer.

Posted at 09:37 AM