Welcome to the final entry in my three-part series on ice dam prevention and heat cables. In part one, Should you install heat cables to prevent ice dams?, I discussed the most common solutions ...

Heat cables look like heavy-duty extension cords. But instead of delivering electricity from one end to the other, they break a cardinal rule of wiring and bleed heat through the insulating cover.

Heat cable, heat tape, heat wire…they’re different names that mean the same thing. They’re hot wires that run up and down your roof to melt snow and prevent ice buildup on your overhangs and in your ...

When the cold weather starts moving in, there are a few things you must do to winter-proof your house. In addition to salting your driveway so that snow doesn’t accumulate, keeping it from collecting ...

This is a guest blog post by Steve Kuhl of Radiant Solutions Company. This is the second in a three-part series. Over the past 30 years, I've been asked countless times if heat cables are a good ...