Ice Dam Prevention in Windsor

Ice Dam Prevention for Windsor homes

Windsor's homes range from early-1900s brick houses in Walkerville and the older core to post-war bungalows and newer subdivisions in the east and south ends. Windsor winters swing above and below freezing often, which is exactly the pattern that builds ice dams. Story-and-a-half homes with finished upper rooms and sloped ceilings are especially prone, because there's little room for insulation and airflow behind those ceilings.

What's included

Eave protection, roof heat cables, insulation fixes and safe ice dam removal to protect your roof edges. Depending on your roof, the work can include:

• Eave protection membrane
• Ventilation and insulation
• Heat cable
• Steam removal
• Eavestrough fixes
• Stop the leak.
• Find the heat source.
• Fix the roof edge.
• Add cable only if needed.

Full details, how the work runs and common questions are on our main ice dam prevention page.

Local conditions in Windsor

Many older Windsor homes still have painted wood soffits with no ventilation, downspouts connected underground and eavestroughs that have been patched for years. Updating the whole roofline at once usually solves overflow, rot and attic airflow problems together.

Questions to ask before you hire

Whoever you hire for ice dam prevention in Windsor, get clear answers to these before signing:

• What's causing the ice dams on my roof?
• How will you remove the ice without damaging the shingles?
• How far up the roof should eave protection go?
• Is heat cable necessary, and who will do the electrical work?

Permits and approvals

Building permits in Windsor are issued by the City of Windsor's Building Services department. Replacing shingles with similar materials usually doesn't need a permit, but structural repairs, new roof framing, new skylight openings and changes to the roof structure generally do. We confirm what applies to your project during planning.

More from Hammerline Roofing in Windsor

Property owners planning ice dam prevention in Windsor often look at related work too, including roof ventilation, eavestroughs & downspouts, roof repair. We also provide ice dam prevention in LaSalle and ice dam prevention in Tecumseh. See every service we offer on our Windsor service area page.