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How to Install Gutter Heating Cable

This winter has been great so far!  My gutters have really appreciated it!  Last year we were plagued with massive ice dams that had water dripping inside windows and into bedrooms.  As a last ditch effort to deal with those dams last year I went out an bought a length of gutter heating cable and [...]

So how did your gutters hold up this winter?

Here in Connecticut it was a rough winter for gutters.  We had massive ice dams on a section of roof line that has experienced them in the past.  Everybody else had them too.  There were a couple of days in February where it was a “perfect storm” for ice dams in our area.

Luckily [...]

How NOT to Remove Ice Dams!

I would not recommend removing ice dams using a chain saw.  I guess these guys felt that extreme circumstances call for extreme measures!  The better way to remove (or prevent) ice dams is with roof and gutter heating cable.

Don’t try this at home!  And turn off your speakers because the music in this [...]

Ice Dams and Gutter Heat Cables

Ugh, this was the winter of the ice dams.  My gutters along one stretch of my roof definitely sustained some damage this winter.  This is an older section of the roof where the sharply pitched roof was dormered in the late 70s to create more room upstairs.  This reduced the pitch of the roof [...]