After we have successfully removed the snow from your roof strategically installed heat tape on your roof adding gutter heat tape will ensure that the water from your roof goes where it is designed to go.
Gutter heat tape installation.
Clip the starting point of the cable to a shingle that is slightly further up the roof than the outside wall.
Installing gutter heat tape is meant for the prevention of the ice dams not for getting rid of them once already formed.
Gutter downspout heat tape installation when the snow melts and freezes these are the perfect conditions for the development of an ice dam.
When installing heat tape there are many things to consider.
The gutter heat tape or cable is run in special patterns across roofs in gutters and along downspouts where ice usually forms collects and eventually creates what are known as ice dams.
We also need to consider the amount of electricity the heated cable will draw.
One aspect you need to consider is spacing depending on the pitch of the roof and the length of the soffit.
Here are the basic steps for installing new heat cable along a roof eave and gutter.