Snow Filled Gutters

This pool of water can leak into your home and cause damage to walls ceilings insulation and other areas.

Snow filled gutters.

So where is all that water going to go. Salt will eventually melt and can damage any grass or plants below your gutters. Then lay the filled pantyhose horizontally on the ice in your gutter. The only time i would even bother trying to touch an ice dam like that is if it s going into the shingles and dripping into the house says joe hennelly owner of hennelly son roofing gutters in quincy massachusetts.

Clogged gutters will only accelerate the process of ice damming and over flow when the gutters fill up with ice and snow. Tie a long string to the filled pantyhose so you can easily retrieve them later. What does ice buildup on gutters mean. An ice dam is a wall of ice that forms at the edge of the roof usually at the gutters or soffit.

You should use a calcium chloride deicer rather than salt. Sorry to say but possibly into your attic. In fact once your gutters are frozen solid your best bet may be to wait it out. Trying to break it up is dangerous and you can damage the gutters.

Technically all the ice buildup means is that very cold gutters are subjected to way too much water from melting snow or the gutters are clogged with debris or both. In practice frozen gutters usually mean something is causing a lot of snow to melt. To keep the snow on your roof from melting make sure your roof is well insulated. Examples photos of ice filled gutters.