Gutter Heat Cable Installation

Once you have your cable and clips in hand it s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work.

Gutter heat cable installation. Here are the basic steps for installing new heat cable along a roof eave and gutter. Heat cables are a much cheaper solution than fixing the source of the problem by sealing air leaks in the attic installing adequate insulation and creating proper ventilation. Run zigzags to create 15 wide triangles running the cable from the overhang to the warm area of your roof. To simplify comparisons calculate the cost of each cable per foot.

The average cost to install 100 feet of heat cable on the roof only is about 300 400 labor only excludes materials. Plug it into a gfi outlet. Thus your total cost when hiring a contractor will be 500 600. When you add materials at the price of about 2 sq ft you are looking to spend about 200 for 100 feet of cable.

The gutter heat tape or cable is run in special patterns across roofs in gutters and along downspouts where ice usually forms collects and eventually creates what are known as ice dams. Installing gutter heat tape is meant for the prevention of the ice dams not for getting rid of them once already formed. Run the cable back. Heat cable can be installed at any temperature but it s generally easier at 30 degrees or above.

Secure it with brackets connected to each shingle at the bend of the cable. Route the cable from the electrical outlet to the starting point on the roof. Want to see how we install it. Clip the starting point of the cable to a.

Begin installing the cable at the corner of your roof running in a zigzag pattern to create 15 triangles. Heat cables for roofs and gutters have widely varying price points primarily depending on the length of the cable. Disadvantages of installing heat cables they take electricity to operate. The brothers that just do gutters do not install heat cable on the roof s edge but rather inside of the gutter system with a guard installed on top.

Run the end of the roof cable along the inside of your gutter and down the gutter s downspout. Secure the roof cable with brackets affixed to each shingle where the roof cable bends. Run the cable through the gutter on the inside and down the downspout so that water will continue to flow from the roof to the gutters to the downspout.