Ice Dam Removal & Prevention in Warren, RI

We keep Warren ice dams from leaking into older homes on close-set streets

Warren packs a lot of old houses into a small town. In the historic district around Water Street and Main Street, homes from the 1700s and 1800s stand close to the street and close to each other. Many have lightly insulated attics, so heat from the rooms below warms the roof and melts snow from underneath. The water runs down to the cold eaves and freezes. On a tight lot, the icicles and dripping water land on steps, walkways and narrow side passages.

Out toward the Kickemuit River and Touisset, the picture changes. Homes sit on bigger lots with more open water nearby, and wind off the rivers drifts snow onto the sheltered side of the roof and into valleys. In between, neighborhoods of capes and ranches deal with the classic problems: upstairs rooms tucked under a cape roof, and long, low ranch roofs where meltwater moves slowly. Mature maples and oaks shade a lot of those roofs, too.

When a dam is already in place, we deal with it by hand, carefully cutting channels through the ice so the water trapped behind it can drain off the roof and out through the gutters. No pounding on shingles and no bent gutters. If ice has pulled a gutter loose, we can fix it once the ice is gone. Reach us at (401) 274-3030 or through the form; we answer the same business day.