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Abstract
In this paper, presented at CRRELs First International Conference on Snow Engineering, the author exresses his opinion that although ice dams are a common winter problem to most roofs in cold regions with substantial snowfall, they are not unknown in the greater geographical area of the US where they may manifest themselves sporadically. Ice dams not only can cause damage to certain roof coverings and shorten their life expectancy, but can also cause leakage inside the buildings' eaves, walls and ceilings with deleterious effects. Various methods of leakage prevention have been devised and are reviewed in this paper, but the emphasis is on the design of residential roofs that should prevent ice dam formation under most conditions or limit it to a minor occurrence without the potential for structural damage it otherwise presents. Both designs of new roofs and repair or retrofitting of existing roofs are discussed.
In this paper, presented at CRRELs First International Conference on Snow Engineering, the author exresses his opinion that although ice dams are a common winter problem to most roofs in cold regions with substantial snowfall, they are not unknown in the greater geographical area of the US where they may manifest themselves sporadically. Ice dams not only can cause damage to certain roof coverings and shorten their life expectancy, but can also cause leakage inside the buildings' eaves, walls and ceilings with deleterious effects. Various methods of leakage prevention have been devised and are reviewed in this paper, but the emphasis is on the design of residential roofs that should prevent ice dam formation under most conditions or limit it to a minor occurrence without the potential for structural damage it otherwise presents. Both designs of new roofs and repair or retrofitting of existing roofs are discussed.
Date
7/1988
7/1988
Author(s)
Henriv DeMarne
Henriv DeMarne
Page(s)
473-482
473-482
Keyword(s)
ice dam; field experience; leak;
ice dam; field experience; leak;