How To Put Heaters On A Steel Roof

Use the serpentine method.

How to put heaters on a steel roof. If you don t have a gfi grounded outlet you may need to hire an electrician to put one close by. Install roof heater cables when it s dry outside and it s safe to do the work from a ladder. In this video i cover installing a roof boot for a vent pipe in a metal roof. Run zigzags to create 15 wide triangles running the cable from the overhang to the warm.

If there are no gutters use the serpentine method and our heated drip edge or hang loops off roof edge. Measure the length of your roof line. Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. Take one end of the cable and begin at the corner of your roof.

Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing. Generally use one run of heating cable in the gutter. Heat tape metal roofs. If the eave is between 12 and 24 inches deep multiply the roof line measurement by 5 3.

Be sure that the heating cable extends all the way into the gutters meeting the run in the gutter to form a continuous path. Heat cable ul listed to prevent ice dams. Measure the depth of the eave overhang from the edge of the roof not the gutter straight back to the outside wall. If you have questions don t hesitate to ask.

Unique heat tape cable systems for the roof valley and the roof flashing on metal roofs. If there are gutters installed on the eaves the eave flashing should be installed to overhang the lip of the gutter by about 1 2 inch.