K-Bay Ice Dam Co.

About K-Bay Ice Dam Co.

Stands of spruce killed by the bark beetle outbreak still stand pale and bare across parts of the Kenai Peninsula around Soldotna, and the houses built in their old shade lost a layer of wind protection those trees once provided, which means snow on the roofline melts and refreezes at the eaves faster than it used to. K-Bay Ice Dam Co. works those rooflines, clearing built-up snow load and breaking the ice dams that back water up under shingles before it can find its way inside. Gutters and downspouts get cleared of ice so meltwater has somewhere to go once the afternoon sun softens the day's freeze. Driveways below get plowed clean at the same visit, snow pushed well clear of the foundation walls the crew is working to protect from above. It's careful work done from ladders in cold that can turn a wet roof to glass within an hour.