Heat Tape Installer - Roof - Lakes Region

TheProfessor · 02-08-2015, 01:50 PM

Ice dams.

This is a specific question only about installers and not about roofs in general.
Metal roofs, new roofs, etc. can go in to another thread.
No, I'm not going to do it myself. So hold those comments to another thread.

Roof heat tape installers in the Lakes Region.

Anyone have this done? And by whom?

Names, numbers, of good professional heat tape installers is appreciated.
Along the bottom or roof.

whalebackpoint'r · 02-08-2015, 04:23 PM

Rowan Electric out of Sandwich, NH. (603) 284-6807 They do a lot of commercial work in the Lakes Region. Operate out of Sandwich and Moultonborough.

meredith weekender · 02-08-2015, 05:55 PM

You need a good licensed electrician to do this. I don't have a specific installer in the lakes region but that is up there alley. Good Luck.

SIKSUKR · 02-09-2015, 08:11 AM

I installed heat tape to a nasty ice dam at my commercial building and found it did nothing after the fact. It made no progress melting through existing ice. Short of chopping the ice, I found the best method was to install a salt sock or a bed of salt to melt through. FWIW.

upthesaukee · 02-09-2015, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I installed heat tape to a nasty ice dam at my commercial building and found it did nothing after the fact. It made no progress melting through existing ice. Short of chopping the ice, I found the best method was to install a salt sock or a bed of salt to melt through. FWIW.

When I worked at Lowes for a short time a few years back, the heat tape (wire) packages all said that the problem ice dams needed to be removed before installing the roof heat tape.

That being said, I'm sure a good installer will advise the Professor of the need to clear the ice dams first, and will make sure it is done prior to installation.

TheProfessor · 02-09-2015, 09:40 AM

All would be installed in warm weather - no snow.

Should have stated this in original posting.

So, no, not now. Not over any snow or ice.

Warm weather installation.

02-08-2015, 01:50 PM	#1
TheProfessor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,121 Thanks: 17 Thanked 341 Times in 206 Posts	Heat Tape Installer - Roof - Lakes Region Ice dams. This is a specific question only about installers and not about roofs in general. Metal roofs, new roofs, etc. can go in to another thread. No, I'm not going to do it myself. So hold those comments to another thread. Roof heat tape installers in the Lakes Region. Anyone have this done? And by whom? Names, numbers, of good professional heat tape installers is appreciated. Along the bottom or roof.

02-09-2015, 08:11 AM	#4
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I installed heat tape to a nasty ice dam at my commercial building and found it did nothing after the fact. It made no progress melting through existing ice. Short of chopping the ice, I found the best method was to install a salt sock or a bed of salt to melt through. FWIW. __________________ SIKSUKR

02-08-2015, 04:23 PM	#2
whalebackpoint'r Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 127 Thanks: 30 Thanked 50 Times in 25 Posts	Rowan Electric out of Sandwich, NH. (603) 284-6807 They do a lot of commercial work in the Lakes Region. Operate out of Sandwich and Moultonborough.

02-08-2015, 05:55 PM	#3
meredith weekender Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Meredith / Manchester Posts: 373 Thanks: 87 Thanked 84 Times in 57 Posts	You need a good licensed electrician to do this. I don't have a specific installer in the lakes region but that is up there alley. Good Luck.

02-09-2015, 09:40 AM	#6
TheProfessor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,121 Thanks: 17 Thanked 341 Times in 206 Posts	All would be installed in warm weather - no snow. Should have stated this in original posting. So, no, not now. Not over any snow or ice. Warm weather installation.