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Originally Posted by MGWillia
I can see that many of the places around me don't seem to need it, and some have people who keep coming around to rake them. My issue is we have a LOT of ice dams going. HUGE icicles, some going from roof to ground. They have obviously caused past damage. So I'm thinking I am NOT one of the lucky ones that can just look out the window and enjoy it.
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If you have a lot of ice dams and huge icicles now, then your problem is definitely one of a roof that is too warm (i.e., lack of insulation).
Ice dams and icicles normally form in the coming weeks when the daytime temps allow the sun to start melting the snow on the roofs. Then the temps drop in the evening and the melt refreezes. This cycle continues for days, causing the dams and icicles to get bigger and bigger.
However, given the temps we've been having, you should have few or no icicles at this point (eg: I see none on my house, despite plenty of snow up there. But I'm lucky in that I have a new, well-insulated house to help keep things that way) If you look at SIKSUKR's picture, you don't see any there either.
Not much you can do about all this right now other than somehow getting the snow off the roof so the sun can do it's work with melting. But you should look into the heat escape issue before next winter.