Warm Weather Wreaking Havoc on Local Rooftops

Rockford-Milton Clarks ceilings in his laundry room are heavily damaged due to ice melting from his roof leaking into the walls.

Clark says I woke up a little after 12, I come downstairs and immediately I heard a dripping.

Clark isnt the only Stateliner hearing that dreaded dripping noise. Crews at Instant Roofing and Remodeling were busy working on rooftops removing ice so water can flow down the roof. Its to help prevent Ice Dams.

Marty Hayes from Instant Roofing and Remodeling says Ice Damming forms after so many layers of ice that dont get a chance to melt off the roof because it was so cold for so long. And then when we have extreme warm temperatures like this where all the snow is melting at once, it ponds up behind the ice where it doesnt flow off the roof. And it pushes its way underneath the shingles.

This winters persistent sub-zero temperatures have not given ice much time to melt. Hayes adds in recent years it usually warms up every other week, so the ice doesnt build up as high. This year Ive seen ice build up four to five feet up the roof line.

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Warm Weather Wreaking Havoc on Local Rooftops