Aspen Ice Dam Removal

About Aspen Ice Dam Removal

January in Aspen has a trick to it. The sun swings over Red Mountain and softens a roof by noon, then the air drops away by four o'clock and the meltwater stops cold right at the eaves — which is exactly where an ice dam is born. That is where this snow removal work starts: up at the drip edge with steam and patience, opening a channel so the water finally has somewhere to go, then pulling the load off the roof before it turns stubborn. Walks and driveways get cleared the same day, so the house can breathe from the ground up. There is a plain kind of pride in a clean eave line, the icicles gone and the ceiling dry underneath. At eight thousand feet the freeze and thaw never stop arguing, and the answer is simply to stay a storm ahead of them.