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Call AllStates Restoration to minimize water damage and avoid roof damage from ice dams
Ice dams are a pervasive and damaging winter season roof issue triggered by sub-standard roofing ventilation and a warmer attic area. Left untreated, ice dams can trigger significant water damage to your roofing, gutter systems, paint, insulation, sheetrock, structure and even contribute to mold. Dam!
Ice-dams appear particularly melting snow on a roof runs and refreezes at the edge of a roof.
This situation happens when the snow is melted by a warm roofing, creating water running between the snow and the warm roofing system surface, then freezing and relying on ice when it surpasses the exterior wall and hits a cold unheated roofing system edge or gutter.
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As the bottom part of the snow pack remains to melting, water remains to flow down the roof surface up until it hits the ice, therefore developing a larger and larger ice dam
The combination of snow and subfreezing temperature levels create optimal conditions for ice dams to form in NJ & NY.
Our Ice Dam Repair Services
- Removal of sheetrock board, carpeting, insulation and other materials ruined by moisture and grow mold.
- Drying out and dehumidification.
- Emergency roofing repair work.
What Causes Ice Dams?
Ice dams develop when there’s snow on your roofing, but a couple of other things must occur prior to they can trigger water damage.
They include the following:
Melting Snow – Warm air from your home escape into the attic with areas like pull-down stairs, vent fans, as well as recessed lightings. The warm air rises to the upper sections of your roofing system where it begins to melt snow.
Melt water freezes – You can’t see it, however a stream of water from the melted snow runs down the roofing. When it gets to the eave, it frequently freezes. That’s because the eaves, which extend beyond the heated portion of your residence, are typically chillier than the rest of the roofing system. Eventually, a ridge of ice or an “ice dam” forms near the eaves.
Water collects behind the dam – As the ridge of ice accumulates, it traps a pond of water. Roofings are not made to hold water, just to shed it, so some of it can back up under the shingles and leak through the sheathing to the attic floor. From there, it can work its way with to the ceilings, walls, as well as the floors below.
Ice dams cause damage and injury.
A gutter filled with ice and weighted by heavy icicles (see picture) can trigger:
Injuries from falling icicles – Icicles can cause serious injury if they break out and fall on an individual. This in some cases happens when a property owner attempts to knock them off the house.
Damaged gutter systems – A gutter system weighed down by ice can break free of the eave and become a turned mess.
Defective roofing system shingles. Freezing and thawing of water soaked shingles can cause them to break and fail. Attempts to remove ice may also harm shingles.
Wet, damaged insulation – Insulation looses it ability to withstand heat flow once it has actually become soaked with water due to an ice dam leak. As insulation becomes useless, the frequency of ice dams grows.
Indoor water damage – Ice dams can trigger damage that varies from stained walls and ceilings to ruined carpets, floors and furnishings. Left ignored, water-soaked materials can rapidly start to grown mold.
Exactly how to Minimise the Odds of Ice Dams.
Usually the outcomes and damage associated with ice dams forming along eaves, are indoor water damage and ruined insulation.
One method to prevent ice damming from happening on your home, is to eliminate as much snow as possible from the roofing. This entails the dangerous work of climbing onto the roof and shoveling the snow off a slippery and tilted surface area. A more secure strategy is to rake snow from the roofing system making use of long-handled snow rakes.
If ice dams have currently formed and water starts coming into the house, AllStates Restoration can offer emergency ice dam water removal to minimize water damage ceiling. We can also get rid of moisture-damaged items, such as carpeting and wallboard.
For a long-lasting option to water damage ice damming, we will air seal huge air leaks and upgrade insulation materials where needed. This will enable your attic to keep a cold enough temperature level, that snow on the shingles and rooftop will not melt and form ice dams. Without melting snow on cold days, the chance of ice dams is removed. Snow will melt naturally on the next warm day and drain down the roof harmlessly.
A professional roof examination is always best since some roof leak and water damage is not noticeable. Contact the water damage restoration experts at AllStates Restortion to examine your residential or commercial property. Our technicinas are certified in water damage repair and use the current devices, consisting of infra-red imaging innovation to spot locations of condensation that should be dried and repaired. Contact us today for a FREE water damage restoration examination and FREE quote.
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