Roof Ice Melt Wire

Long for large roofs.

Roof ice melt wire.

This de icing kit comes with shingle clips and is 100 ft. If a part of your roof is in constant shadow it may have thicker ice than areas of the roof that get some sunlight. The adks cable plugs into a standard 120 vac gfci protected three wire grounded outlet. Roof de icing cable kit can be used to keep gutters and downspouts flowing.

It help prevent ice from forming under the edge of your shingles. When it reaches the eaves where the temperature of the roof is colder the water refreezes. Prevents dangerous icicles from building up over pathways and doors. Product overview the thermwell 200 ft.

The thick ice blocks snowmelt from reaching the gutter. 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. However it may run into frozen snow and ice inside the gutter or on the eave which doesn t receive heat transferred from the living area. This allows ice to melt and move from your rooftop shingles to your gutters.

As mentioned above you will use about 8w per linear foot of ice melting cable. Heat cables for ice dams ice dams can pose many problems. Secure shingle clips to roof shingles using a flathead screwdriver making sure to align them in a zigzag pattern. That equals to 2 3kwh per hour or almost 56kwh per day of continuous operation.

A typical 120 foot long roof edge with 6 12 overhangs and no gutters deicing will need about 291 feet of 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. Key advantages of hotedge roof ice melt systems. That water flow reduces the likelihood of roof leaks and shingle damage from hard packed snow and ice dams.

70 less heat trace cable significant energy savings for both you and the enviroment revolutionary design heats more roof surface with less heat trace cable hotedge has the first only roof edge panel system to pass ul standards. This de icing kit comes with shingle clips and is 200 ft. The adks de icing cable is installed over the unheated portions of the roof above the overhang or into gutters or downspouts to create an ice free pathway for melting water to drain. Use to help prevent roof damage and leaking.

They form when snow melts in warmer areas of the roof sending water running down toward the edge. The thermwell 100 ft. Metal construction for durability and reliability. Long for large roofs.

Clip in the cable along the same zigzag pattern as the shingle clips.