Why ice dam prevention works differently in Whitchurch-Stouffville
Nearly every urgent ice dam prevention call we take in Whitchurch-Stouffville began as something a homeowner noticed months earlier and reasonably decided to watch.
The swing between a January cold snap and a February thaw can move a masonry assembly enough to open joints that looked sound in the fall.
Snow load and ice damming stress the roof-to-wall junction each winter; by spring the sealant that was doing the work has usually torn.
Across Preston Lake, Ballantrae, Vandorf, Bethesda and Gormley, the housing stock changes street by street, and the correct method changes with it. A century home with a soft-brick stack does not get the same treatment as a 2010 build with a factory-built vent — using one method on both is how systems get damaged.
the practical takeaway is that a ice dam prevention visit should start with an assessment, not a tool. Any crew that begins work before telling you what they found is guessing on your behalf.