Ice Dam Removal & Prevention in Cumberland, RI

We stop Cumberland ice dams from turning roof valleys into ceiling leaks

Cumberland stretches from the Pawtucket line all the way up to the Massachusetts border, and winter feels different at each end. Up around Diamond Hill, Arnold Mills and Cumberland Hill, homes sit higher, under thicker woods, and snow tends to stay on roofs longer. Down in Valley Falls, Lonsdale and Berkeley, the houses are older and closer together. Ice dams show up in both places, just for different reasons.

In the north end, many homes are larger colonials with complex rooflines: several gables, dormers and valleys where two roof planes meet. Every valley channels snowmelt into one corner of the eave, so that is where ice builds fastest and where leaks start. In the older villages near the river, the culprit is more often a warm, under-insulated attic melting snow from below. Either way, the water ends up behind the ice and then inside your walls.

We handle ice dams the careful way, by hand. Channels cut through the ice let the pooled water run off the roof and through the gutters, without damaging the shingles under it. Once the water is moving, we can talk about heat cables for the valleys that ice every year, guards for the gutters under the trees, and a fall cleaning schedule. Free estimates start with a call to (401) 274-3030, and you will hear back the same business day.