What you don't know about ice on your roof

Ice forms on your roof and gutters in various ways. Let's examine the process going from your roof to the down spouts.

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Falling ice and ice melt refreezing on walkways is a serious hazard.

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During the colder months, water gets in between vulnerable structures in your home. What happens when the water freezes... It expands and pries apart gutters, soffit, fascia, etc.

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Ice Blocks Formed in Soffit... Not only did they cause damage, but think of the injury of being hit by a block of fallen ice.

Almost all gutter covers don't protect your home against ice formation. Heat wire and heat tape, besides being inefficient, are very dangerous.

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Heat tapes and wires heat the around the wire and are not very efficient for melting the snow and ice in the roof and gutters. They don't prevent the ice from forming in the gutters and down spouts.

Heater Cap has a proven track record of preventing ice build up in the gutters.

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Heater Cap disperses the heat to continuously melt the ice and snow. The system is mounted in the gutters and down spouts to keep the system totally free flowing 12 months of the year.

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