How To Use Roof Heating Coils

If the eave overhang is 12 inches deep multiply the roof line measurement determined in step 1 by 4.

How to use roof heating coils.

Run the end of the roof cable along the inside of your gutter and down the gutter s downspout. Run zigzags to create 15 wide triangles running the cable from the overhang to the warm area of your roof. At the eaves of the roof by far the most common spot for ice dams heat cables also known as heat tape or roof ice cables are often the first. Using slotted heat cable clips is the suggested method of installing heat cable and roof deicing cables on slate roofs and sometimes on cedar roofs because of the non invasive non destructive nature of the install.

Step 1 apply shingle clips to install roof heating cables you must first apply shingle clips to the structure. Use commercial grade self regulating heat cables turn the heat cables on before it starts snowing keep the roof and gutter heat tape on while there is snow on the roof depeding on local conditions if you want more information or would like to purchase an heat cable system please contact us. The loops are spaced 24 between peaks and valleys horizontally and a clip is place every one foot of roof edge. You will start by determining the length of heat cable you need.

Warmed by heat rising up from below accumulated snow on the roof begins to melt. In valleys of the roof. Plug it into a gfi outlet. Around chimneys and skylights.

Secure the roof cable with brackets affixed to each shingle where the roof cable bends. Such clips are slipped up under the existing roofing material and hooked around the nails being used to hold the clip in place. Divide the roof edge length by 19 and round up to get the number of clips that you will need. There are 19 clips per pack.

Measure the depth of the eave overhang from the edge of the roof not the gutter straight back to the outside wall.