Keep your home or business from losing money during the cold winter season. Ice dams cause water to seep into your attic space and damage your home or business’s structure and its contents. When snow accumulates on a sloped roof the warm air from inside the building heats the underside of the roof causing snow to melt. When this melted snow re-freezes along the edge of a roof, usually in the gutter, it causes what is known as an ice dam. As snow continues to melt the water becomes trapped on your roof and soaks your sheathing. The water then seeps into your home or business through cracks in the sheathing, causing damage to your home or business and its contents. An appropriately installed secondary moisture barrier will help to prevent water from entering your home or business and causing damage.
If you are replacing your roof soon make sure that you have a secondary moisture barrier installed. Insulate light fixtures that are directly below the open space beneath your roof. Insulate any openings that lead into the attic such as attic doors, vents, partition walls etc
Check your insurance policy and see if you have coverage if moisture leaks into your business or home. The last thing you want is to suffer loss from ice damming and discover you are not covered on your homeowners or business policy. Contact The Barclay Group today for a thorough review of your coverage. Not only will we take the stress out of finding the right coverage but we will save you money while we do it.
