Ice Dam Removal & Prevention in Attleboro, MA

We drain the ice dams that push meltwater into Attleboro ceilings

Most of the ice dams we hear about in Attleboro start in the attic, not the gutter. Heat from the living space warms the underside of the roof, snow melts high on the slope, and the water runs down until it reaches the cold overhang past the outside wall. There it freezes again. Night after night the ridge of ice grows, and the meltwater behind it starts backing up under shingles that were only ever meant to shed water downhill.

Attleboro's older housing makes that cycle easy. Two-family homes and older single-families around downtown and Capron Park were built long before modern insulation, and many have finished third-floor rooms or attic bedrooms tucked under the roof. Out toward Briggs Corner and the Rehoboth line, plenty of capes have knee walls and very little attic space. Warm rooms pressed right up against the roof deck are exactly where ice dams form first.

When the ice is already there, we remove it by hand. We carefully cut channels through the dam so the water trapped behind it can drain off the roof and out through the gutters, working with the shingles rather than against them. Then we look at why it formed on your house: packed gutters, a downspout frozen solid, or a stretch of eave that keeps icing up and needs a heat cable. Call (508) 399-7600 for a free estimate.