Can Ice Damming Damage Shingles?

Ice dams can cause severe damage to your home. If left untreated, they can tear off your gutters, loosen shingles, and cause water to back up under those shingles and drain into your home. Water that cannot drain off properly works its way under your roof covering and flows into the attic.

Do ice dams cause permanent damage?

Yes, ice dams can cause permanent damage to your home or business, if your definition of “permanent” is damage so severe that you've moved beyond “repairs” and into gutting or rebuilding.

What damage does ice damming cause?

WHAT DAMAGE DO ICE DAMS CAUSE? When an ice dam gets big enough, melted water backs up behind it and seeps underneath the shingles. Eventually, it will drip into the insulation and down into the ceilings and exterior walls beneath the eave, ruining sheetrock and paint.