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Ice dams on your roof can cause you plenty of trouble-including trouble you don`t even know about until the damage is severe. What are ice dams, and how do they give you grief? Ice dams are caused by ...

HOPKINS, Minn. (WCCO) -- Armed with his spools of cable and cartons of clips, Steve Kuhl is about to attack the bane of winter's worst. Who can forget those awful images last season when our rooftops ...

Question: I just read a previous article you wrote in response to a question about using roof-heating cables. Ice damming has not been a problem for us and I have no interest in putting these cables ...

Does your roof develop lots of ice in winter? If it does, there’s a Canadian innovation you might want to know about. I installed this system in the fall on a roof that has regularly developed ...

Heat cable has a dubious reputation in the ice dam prevention world. It's a topic few understand in-depth, both in terms of what it is and how to install it properly. In this three-part series, I will ...