Damn Ice

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by ecduzitgood

the ones that look like some sort of stepped louvers. .

sounds like Hixvent or Hicksvent however it's spelled

ya put venting in and a flow of cold air under the roof sheathing can help keep the ice damns away, hixvent and ridgevent. Along with new roof with ice and water shield sticky membrane stuff.

[Fishpart]

DON"T CHIP, you can break the shingles and create a bigger problem. Put some ice melter up there and create a place for the water to go and it won't back up under the shingles.

[Raven]

i like the rolled rubber peel and stick bitchathane
or whatever the heck it is....(Ross would know)
and make that edge bullet proof plus its quiet compared
to a metal roof and accomplishes the same thing.

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by Raven

i like the rolled rubber peel and stick bitchathane
or whatever the heck it is....(Ross would know)
and make that edge bullet proof plus its quiet compared
to a metal roof and accomplishes the same thing.

Thats the Ice and Water product that Slip mentioned. But it is an underlayment, not meant to be the exterior roofing by itself.

Here's a temporary fix when you already have a dam....http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/skil...211604,00.html

[nightfighter]

Here's a pic of what it looks like. The heat loss through the upper roof area melts the snow, and the water runs down to just above the overhang. Since there is no heat from the overhang, the water freezes, a dam is created, and the water is forced back up into the warm roof area, where it will fin its way inside....