Ice Dam Removal & Prevention in Medway, MA

We stop Medway ice dams from leaking into cape bedrooms and ranch ceilings

A lot of Medway's housing went up in the middle of the last century, and capes and ranches are everywhere. A cape puts its upstairs bedrooms right under the roof, with short knee walls and sloped ceilings, so there is very little room for insulation and the roof over those rooms stays warm. A ranch has a low-pitch roof that snow sits on rather than sheds. Either way, meltwater reaches the cold eave, freezes, and the dam starts to grow.

In Medway village and West Medway, the older homes have their own issues: thin attics, steep roofs with dormers, and gutters that have been in place for many years. When an ice dam is holding back water on any of these houses, we remove it by hand. We cut channels through the ice so the trapped water drains to the gutters and off the roof. It is careful work, and the shingles and gutters come through it intact.

Keeping the next dam from forming is the real goal. Roof and gutter heat cables along the eaves over cape bedrooms, or along a ranch's long eave, keep a path open for meltwater. A gutter cleaning in late fall, after the maples and oaks have dropped, means the gutters are not full of frozen leaves when the thaw comes, and gutter guards keep them clear. Give us a call at (508) 399-7600 or upload photos for a free estimate. You will hear from us the same business day.