We are revisiting a series about heat cable from 2019 on the Minneapolis-St.Paul StarTribune column “The Home Inspector” that was guest written by Radiant Solutions Company‘s founder Steve Kuhl.
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Should you install heat cables to prevent ice dams?
Heat cable has a dubious reputation in the ice dam prevention world. It’s a topic few understand in-depth, both in terms of functionality and installation.
In the second article of the Heat Cable series, Steve mentions alternative strategies for ice dam prevention, including roof snow shoveling and architectural alterations to home. Next, he discussed how Heat Cable works and what is does and does not do.