Frost On House Roof

Help prevent roof damage by keeping gutters and downspouts flowing even in frigid below zero temperatures.

Frost on house roof.

That water flow reduces the likelihood of roof leaks and shingle damage from hard packed snow and ice dams. If the morning sun directly hits your home and not your neighbors lack of frost may just be attributed to the sun s heat. Once in the attic it warms the air over the living space. Frost king carries electric roof cables kits in lengths from 30 to 200 each powered by 120v with 7 watts per foot.

Something i implied above but didn t say explicitly is that when frost forms on the roof the roof is below freezing. On my roof some areas will have frost and others not. It will put gutters and downspouts at risk too. A lack of frost can indicate that heat is leaking out through your attic space onto the roof and melting the frost.

And conversely frosted areas indicate more adequate insulation. An ice dam is a hump of ice that forms at the edge of a roof under certain wintertime conditions. Warm shingles don t allow frost to form as readily as cold shingles. Prevent ice dams this winter.

And here s the clincher. Is the absence of frost an indication of heat loss thru the roof via poor insulation. Thanks wayne 10 31. That warm air makes contact with the roof deck and warms it up.

However if nothing is different about your home compared to your neighbors you may have a problem. 1 initially the air and the car are at temperature 37 f and the dew point is 35. It s that time of year when we occasionally have frost on our roof tops. That heat then conducts up all the way to the shingles.

The booms that have been heard around the gta could be a result of a frost quake but it could be something else.