Definitely, the insulation guys will be doing this from below. Just having the insulation sorted should eliminate the ice dams, and this house definitely had them based on what we can see on the ceilings in a couple of areas. When the roof is done they will install the ice dam material on the lower portion of the roof as well. Not sure what it’s called but I know of it having lived in cold climates.
-D > On Jul 30, 2021, at 5:26 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On 30/07/2021 4:07 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> >> ......Roof is solid but about 15 years old, so I’ve got a roofer coming out >> for an estimate. Like a lot of these older homes there have been issues with >> ice dams, so I’ll look to a roof replacement to resolve this as well as >> possibly putting up heat tapes. It’s a small roof with a fairly low pitch, >> so the area isn’t significant. If the cost to roof it is under $10k I’ll >> probably go ahead and have it done. >> > Ice dams are often caused by heat transfer from the living space below to the > roof deck. The solution seems to be to keep the roof deck cold. If you are > going to have the roof done anyway, cut back the deck above the side walls > and install barriers to keep the insulation from touching the roof decking. > There are commercial ones available but if that is not commonly available in > AZ they could be made from plywood or something similar. An inch of clearance > between the insulation and the deck should be sufficient. > https://tinyurl.com/4hevsszd > > You should be able to avoid having heat tapes. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
