Thread:Opalwinter/@comment-34478085-20200207171606/@comment-34343471-20200207212921

An ice dam. Ugh! I have always worried about that one. One time we had five feet of compacted snow and ice on the roof over our living room where our teenager liked to play when he was little. Then we got an inch of rain on top of that. I got so worried I wouldn't let him play in there and had a roofer/contractor come to look at the situation. The roofer said that there was no sign all that wet stuff was causing a problem but I was so scared he shoveled it off. Worried mommy syndrome.

We installed a fan in our attic to help prevent ice dams. It helped a good deal. Simply having a hole (for the fan) in the highest place in our attic makes a huge different.

What kind of roof do you have? Ours is a ten pitch roof.