How to Prevent Ice Dams on a Boston Condo Building
To prevent ice dams on a Boston condo building, stop heat from reaching the roof deck: seal and insulate the attic, clear gutters before winter, rake the roof edge after heavy snow, and add heat cable where ice built up last year. Ice dams form when attic heat melts roof snow and the water refreezes…
To prevent ice dams on a Boston condo building, stop heat from reaching the roof deck: seal and insulate the attic, clear gutters before winter, rake the roof edge after heavy snow, and add heat cable where ice built up last year. Ice dams form when attic heat melts roof snow and the water refreezes at the cold eave. The next melt backs up under the shingles and into the walls and units below. On most condo buildings the roof is a common element, so the repair usually falls on the association. Check your master deed. Never chip ice with a hammer or axe; it tears the roofing and voids the fix.
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This ceiling is leaking. And it hasn’t rained in a week. That’s an ice dam. Heat escapes through the attic. It melts the snow on the roof. The water runs down to the cold edge, and it freezes. The next melt has nowhere to go. So it backs up under the shingles. Into the walls. Into the unit below. And on most condo roofs, that’s the association’s bill. Here’s the fix, before the first storm. Seal and insulate the attic. Clear the gutters now. Rake the roof after heavy snow. Add heat cable where it dammed last year. And never chip the ice with a hammer. Green Ocean’s in-house licensed contractor handles the fix. Boston condo management since 1977. Green Ocean.
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