Ice Dam Removal & Prevention in Cranston, RI

We stop Cranston ice dams from soaking ceilings, from Oaklawn capes to western colonials

Many of Cranston's mid-century neighborhoods, including parts of Garden City, Oaklawn and Meshanticut, are full of Cape Cod-style homes, and capes are among the houses most prone to ice dams. The upstairs bedrooms sit under the roof slope with short knee walls and very little room for insulation, so household heat warms the roof deck directly. Snow melts over those rooms, runs to the cold overhang and freezes there, and the ridge of ice grows with each thaw.

Western Cranston has a different winter. The land rises toward the Scituate line, lots are wooded, and snow tends to stay around longer than it does near the bay in Edgewood. Newer colonials out there have bigger roofs with valleys, bump-outs and porch roofs where snow piles up. Pines and oaks shade the north side of those roofs, and shaded eaves are where ice dams return winter after winter.

Wherever you live in Cranston, the fix is the same careful work. We go up and cut channels through the dam by hand so the trapped water drains off the roof and through the gutters, taking care with the shingles and the gutter. Then we look at why it formed. Heat cables, a pre-winter gutter cleaning or gutter guards may keep it from coming back. Call (401) 274-3030 or send a photo. We respond the same business day.