Installing gutter heat tape is meant for the prevention of the ice dams not for getting rid of them once already formed.
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As the winter progresses the freezing and thawing will cause all kinds of damage to your house if you don t have a way to keep the water from freezing as it drips off your house.
These cables are set up in a zigzag pattern and fed through the gutter and downspout.
A de icing cable also known as roof heating cables electric roof de icers and heat tapes is an electric heat cord that gets clipped onto the top of your roof.
Heat cables for roofs and gutters have widely varying price points primarily depending on the length of the cable.
Drawing upon our expertise we worked with manufacturers and installers to create the highest quality self regulating heat tape on the market.
To simplify comparisons calculate the cost of each cable per foot.
This allows you to fairly compare prices of an 80 foot cable with a 90 foot cable.
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The gutter heat tape or cable is run in special patterns across roofs in gutters and along downspouts where ice usually forms collects and eventually creates what are known as ice dams.