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Stop Ice and Snow Damage to Your Shingles Winterproof Your Roof
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While homeowners are busy clearing ice and snow from their driveways and sidewalks, wintry weather may be quietly causing serious damage to another part of the house — the roof. Snow melting on the roof, water or ice pooling at its base, or icicles hanging from the edge are all signs of potential damage. If the sun and radiant heat from your home’s indoor heating system are warming the roof deck, causing snow to melt off the roof, your attic isn’t properly ventilated. Snow should sit on the roof and remain frozen until the weather changes. Melting snow may form puddles along the edge of the roof. Cold air entering through the soffits under the overhang can freeze the water into ice, forming a dam that causes water to back up under the shingles. Significant damage may result, rotting the roof deck and causing mold and leaks. To prevent this, your attic should be equipped with a system of soffits and vents that keep the air inside at about the same temperature as the outdoors. Your attic needs to breathe, just like your lungs. Cool outside air enters through the soffits, and vents installed at the ridge or elsewhere on your roof serve as an exhaust. These vents are equipped with filters to keep out moisture, insects, and other intruders. Roofs with good ventilation last longer than those without. Also, if you neglected to clean your gutters last fall, you may pay a high price this winter. Clogged gutters allow rainwater to pool along the edges of your roof, damaging the shingles and opening up leaks. As wet material in the gutters freezes and expands, the gutters become very heavy and may rip away from the house, setting off a chain reaction of structural damage that can cost thousands of dollars to repair. Winter is a good time to do a roof check. We install maintenance-free gutter solutions to prevent gutters from clogging and freezing. And if your house is the one in the neighborhood with snow melting on the roof, call us for a free consultation today!
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