Ice Dam removal

[acechorizo.livejournal.com]

We've got some serious looking ice dams that are causing some water to come inside - eek! Can anyone recommend someone to remove them for us? I looked in the home services tag, but didn't find anything.

Thanks!

Comments

[rachelmello.livejournal.com]

Stealth Construction is *right this moment* up on our roof dealing with this for us. It cost us just about $500, they have three guys who have been here 2 hours up on 30' ladders (we have a tall house). It's beginning to get dark out, but they're still working away at it.

We like Stealth because the quote a price, do the work, then invoice for the amount they quoted. We've used other contractors for other jobs who quoted a price, dithered for a while, then said that because it's an old house something came up that made it cost 20% more. Now we use Stealth for everything because they know old Somerville houses and shoot you straight about them.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

I will totally second the recommendation for Stealth Construction. I contacted them by email yesterday evening after business hours, and got a response in less than 20 minutes. The guys are over here working on my house this evening. No runaround, do what they say they're gonna do.

[debby borges leal (from livejournal.com)]

Thank you Rachel! Its always a pleasure working with you!

[trouble4hire.livejournal.com]

We've been using a stocking with ice melt somewhat successfully.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/skill-builder/0,,211604,00.html

Knotting the stocking to the ice melt doesn't bunch up, and attaching a rope so the water can drip in the desired path have both been helpful.

In case it takes a while to find/get a contractor to help out. I've had trouble getting Stealth Construction to return my calls, for example.

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

FYI if using the ice melt sock with rope method: as I've learned this week, do not put one on the roof directly over your front door (I have a Cape so the roof gutter in front is only about 3 feet up from my door, and we have no porch roof over the door) - unless you enjoy water dripping on/in front of the door following the rope and forming icicles to knock off every time you must open the door!