Heat cable ul listed to prevent ice dams.
How to install heat tape on a metal roof.
The s 5 sr heat tape clip and the standard ice dam heat tape clip.
This will ensure that the cable will completely cover the roof overhang.
I won t drill holes in the roof.
The snow ice builds up there and stays all winter.
There s two main products used to install heat tape on your standing seam metal roof.
Clip the starting point of the cable to a shingle that is slightly further up the roof than the outside wall.
Unique heat tape cable systems for the roof valley and the roof flashing on metal roofs.
The ice will back up under the roof some.
I need to go horizontal on the roof then up the valley of the gable and down and run along the remainder of the roof horizontal.
My question is how can i attach heat tape to the metal roof so it won t blow off.
Route the cable from the electrical outlet to the starting point on the roof.
Here are the basic steps for installing new heat cable along a roof eave and gutter.