In January the sun over Clarence barely clears the treeline, just long enough to melt snow on a warm roof and let it freeze again at the cold eave. That is how an ice dam is born, and Western New York Ice Dam Removal exists to take one back apart — clearing the ice and pulling snow off the roof before the next thaw sets the whole cycle going again. It is careful winter work done on ladders in wind, and the payoff is water running off a house instead of into it. Icicles look like a postcard and behave like a plumbing failure. Getting them gone before February is one of the kinder things you can do for a western New York house.