Homeowners across Weld County call about icicles. Icicles are cosmetic. The dam behind them, holding back standing water, is not. As part of our complete Windsor winter roof services, crews handle commercial ice dam removal across Weld County.
Elevation, Aspect and Ice: The Weld County Pattern
At Windsor's elevation the air can stay below freezing all day while direct sun still melts the top of the snowpack. That meltwater runs down under the pack, reaches a shaded eave, and refreezes — on a day the thermometer never rose above freezing.

Volume is the other factor. A Weld County roof carrying several feet of pack has an enormous reservoir above an overhang that never sees direct sun, and the supply does not run out until spring.
Ice-barrier practice in Weld County
High-country Colorado codes typically call for extended ice barrier and, on metal roofing, snow guards above any door, walkway or parking area. Both exist because of what comes off these roofs.
Commercial Ice Dam Removal in Windsor: How The Work Runs
Working around rooftop plant
HVAC curbs, exhaust fans, conduit, gas lines, solar racking and railing are all obstacles and all drift traps. The snow behind a large unit is usually the deepest on the roof and the ice under it the thickest.
Crews work around and under them rather than over, and anything running stays running.
Built for property managers
One contact, one scheduled window, one invoice coded the way your accounting needs it. Crews work around tenant hours where that matters, and the condition report goes to whoever has to show the board or the owner what was spent and why.
Membrane-safe means something specific
EPDM, TPO and modified bitumen all tolerate steam at low pressure and none of them tolerate chipping, scraping or a pressure washer. Crews steam the drains and scuppers open first to restore flow, then work the ponded ice, and they stay off seams and flashing details with the lance.
Mechanical units, conduit runs, solar racking and safety railing all get worked around rather than over.
Internal drains fail differently from gutters
A residential gutter overflows when it blocks. An internal roof drain just stops, and the water stays on the deck at depth until it finds a seam, a flashing detail or a pitch pocket.
Crews open the drain throat and then confirm flow in the leader below before calling it clear. An open drain over a frozen leader is not an open drain, and on a Windsor building that distinction shows up as a tenant ceiling two floors down.
Scheduling around tenants
Noise, access, parking and the hours a Windsor business can have equipment outside its door all shape when work happens. Some jobs run overnight for that reason.
Set the constraint on the call and the window gets planned around it rather than negotiated on the day.

What you get in Windsor
- Flow confirmed belowAn open drain throat over a frozen leader is not an open drain
- Tenant-hours schedulingWork windows set around occupancy and access
- Documentation for the boardCondition report and photo record with every invoice
| Pricing model | Billed by the crew hour, rate quoted before dispatch |
|---|---|
| Documentation | Dated before and after photos, written scope in Xactimate line items |
| Typical scope | Steam, 8-16 crew hours typical |
| Local ice-barrier practice | Extended membrane plus snow retention |
| Removal method | Low-pressure steam only. No chipping, salt or pressure washing. |
| Dispatch window | 24 to 48 hours in mountain terrain |
| Coverage area | Windsor and Weld County |
Where We Dispatch Around Windsor
Crews working Windsor cover the adjoining communities on the same route — Severance, Timnath, Eaton, Johnstown and Lucerne — so a storm week usually means one truck handling several addresses in Weld County rather than separate trips.
Nearest hub towns with their own commercial ice dams pages: Greeley, Loveland, Fort Collins, Evans, Longmont, Erie.
Windsor sits inside the regular Colorado service area, so a crew is usually scheduled the same day or the following morning.
Most jobs do not stop at one service. Commercial Ice Dams in Windsor often runs alongside commercial roof snow removal in Windsor, and both get written into one scope rather than billed as separate visits.
Active leak right now? Our 24/7 Windsor steam ice dam removal crews are dispatched first during a freeze event. Call (888) 561-9664.



