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What to Expect from Gutter Guards in Winter
Gutter guards are designed to keep leaves and debris from entering your gutter system. How about gutter guards in winter? How do they perform in months when snow and ice accumulate on your roof and gutters?
Any metal guard that is on your gutters during the winter months has the potential to freeze. While your guard is frozen, you may experience icicles and water melting over the front of the guard. If your gutter crosses a doorway or walkway you may have to keep an eye on those areas for any dripping or melting. Once the guard unfreezes and opens up water will begin to flow back into your gutters.
The truth of the matter is icicles are normal with correctly performing guards. This process helps protect your gutter guards in winter.
Gutter Guards In Winter-How To Prevent Damage?
By installing guards at an angle, it helps to keep the snow and ice melting off the front of your roof line to help alleviate ice damming. Ice dams occur for many various reasons. They form when the ice build up at the edge of the roof eventually finds its way into your house. Despite gutters being blamed, the real cause is due to uneven temperatures, gravity and friction.
Gutter guards provide three aspects of ice dam protection that would otherwise not exist:
They help gutters to remain clog-free allowing the melting ice and snow to escape
Guards strengthen and protect the gutter system and downspouts from breaking off the fascia from too much weight or frozen clogs.
They provide the optimal situation for installation of heat cables
How To Remove Ice Dams From Your System?
If you have had issues with ice dams in the past, the best recommendation is to install a heat cable. They are put inside of your gutter and then a cover goes over the gutter. Combining a gutter guard and a heated cable together can be a powerful way to keep your gutters functioning properly all year. A heat cable will melt the ice and snow by keeping the inside of the gutter warm therefore allowing the guards to remain free of ice and icicles. Call a qualified electrician who can install a heat cable to work properly with your gutter guard.
No matter what the season, a quality gutter guard can help to protect your home from water damage.