Chicago Ice Dam Removal
Battling ice dams on your roof this winter? Green Attic Insulation offers specialized services in Chicago for effective ice dam removal and prevention.
Our expert team utilizes advanced techniques to address and resolve the underlying causes of ice dams, such as poor insulation and inadequate ventilation.
With Green Attic, you can safeguard your home against potential water damage and enhance overall energy efficiency.
Our expert team utilizes advanced techniques to address and resolve the underlying causes of ice dams, such as poor insulation and inadequate ventilation.
With Green Attic, you can safeguard your home against potential water damage and enhance overall energy efficiency.
How to Prevent Icicles on Roof
• Roof ice dam prevention
• Water damage prevention
• Warmer house all winter long
• Cooler house in the summer
• Improve indoor air quality
• Improve attic insulation
• Consistent home temperature control
• Water damage prevention
• Warmer house all winter long
• Cooler house in the summer
• Improve indoor air quality
• Improve attic insulation
• Consistent home temperature control
Prevent icicles on your roof with practical and efficient home improvements, ensuring your property is safe and comfortable year-round.
You may also be eligible for a $400 Nicor Gas rebate to help offset the costs of upgrades
You may also be eligible for a $400 Nicor Gas rebate to help offset the costs of upgrades
What is an Ice Dam?
According to Michigan State University Extension, ice dams form when heat from the attic melts snow on the roof, causing water to run down and freeze at the colder eaves, eventually creating a barrier of ice.
As more snow melts, it accumulates behind this barrier; water can then back up under shingles and leak into the home, potentially causing extensive damage to interiors and insulation.
As more snow melts, it accumulates behind this barrier; water can then back up under shingles and leak into the home, potentially causing extensive damage to interiors and insulation.
Insulation, Ventilation, Air Sealing Can Solve Icicles
Why pay for ice dam removal when you can pay the same amount of money to prevent it permanently. Ice dams were a major problem for homeowners in February 2021. Take a look at this photo of a home in Skokie Illinois.
“An icicle is simply a measuring stick of heat loss” Tim Darling. Take a look at your neighborhood, if there are homes with no icicles they have air sealed and insulated properly. If you have any icicles at all, any, they are unacceptable, they may look beautiful on postcards, but they are indicators of heat escape from the living space.
If you had to build a fire and were loosing heat you will have to add more logs to the fire. Same thing applies, you are cycling your furnace. Warming the underside of the roof sheathing and creating snow melt.
“An icicle is simply a measuring stick of heat loss” Tim Darling. Take a look at your neighborhood, if there are homes with no icicles they have air sealed and insulated properly. If you have any icicles at all, any, they are unacceptable, they may look beautiful on postcards, but they are indicators of heat escape from the living space.
If you had to build a fire and were loosing heat you will have to add more logs to the fire. Same thing applies, you are cycling your furnace. Warming the underside of the roof sheathing and creating snow melt.
• Drafty rooms
• Moisture problems
• Too hot in the summer
• Too cold in the winter
• High energy bills
• Water damage from ice melt / ice dams
• Moisture problems
• Too hot in the summer
• Too cold in the winter
• High energy bills
• Water damage from ice melt / ice dams
