Roof Ice Melting Cable

Heat cables for ice dams ice dams can pose many problems.

Roof ice melting cable. Roof de icing cable kit can be used to keep gutters and downspouts flowing and help prevent ice from forming under the edge of your shingles. That equals to 2 3kwh per hour or almost 56kwh per day of continuous operation. Product overview the thermwell 200 ft. It help prevent ice from forming under the edge of your shingles.

They form when snow melts in warmer areas of the roof sending water running down toward the edge. Long for large roofs. Secure shingle clips to roof shingles using a flathead screwdriver making sure to align them in a zigzag pattern. This de icing kit comes with shingle clips and is 200 ft.

A typical 120 foot long roof edge with 6 12 overhangs and no gutters deicing will need about 291 feet of cable. As mentioned above you will use about 8w per linear foot of ice melting cable. The kit comes with all the clips and spacers you need to install the entire 240 foot cable in a zigzag pattern across the edge of your roof in the gutters and down your downspout. When it reaches the eaves where the temperature of the roof is colder the water refreezes.

Clip in the cable along the same zigzag pattern as the shingle clips. The thermwell 100 ft. Use to help prevent roof damage and leaking. In this video master electrician for ask this old house scott caron helps a homeowner install heat cables on his roof to stop ice dams.

Use to help prevent ice from forming under the edge of your shingles. Roof de icing cable kit can be used to keep gutters and downspouts flowing.