The ice along a roof in Lebanonline is the symptom. The cause is warm air escaping into the attic, and it is still running right now. As part of our complete Lebanon winter roof services, crews handle ice dam removal across Grafton County.
Long Winters, Layered Ice: The Grafton County Problem
Lebanon holds snow. In a normal winter the pack that lands in December is still on the roof in February, which means the eave spends months below freezing while the attic underneath stays heated.
Ice built this way is dense and bonded. It is not the brittle shell that comes off a mild-climate roof in one piece - it is layered, hard and locked to the shingle, which is exactly why mechanical removal does so much damage here.
Ice-barrier practice in Grafton County
Because the ice here does not stay near the edge, the New Hampshire requirement generally runs the membrane well up the roof plane. On a house in Lebanon roofed a few decades ago it is frequently missing entirely.
Ice Dam Removal in Lebanon: How The Work Runs
What the crew does on arrival
Before anything is touched, the crew walks the eaves, valleys and gutter line and photographs every dam and every point where water is tracking inside. You get shown what they found. Then the dam comes off in sections, starting wherever water is actively backing up, so drainage opens early rather than at the end. Water Stain on the Ceiling in Winter.
Downspouts and gutter troughs get cleared in the same visit where they are frozen, because a dam removed above a solid block of ice in the gutter just reforms in the next cold night.
Why the dam formed in the first place
Ice dams are a heat problem wearing a weather costume. Warm air escaping into the attic melts snow on the upper roof; that meltwater runs to the eave, which hangs past the heated envelope and stays below freezing; it refreezes there, and the ridge of ice grows a layer every cycle. Removal is the emergency fix. Before the crew leaves you will know which part of your attic is feeding it.
What the dam has already done to the gutter and fascia
Ice expands as it forms, and a trough packed solid pushes the gutter away from the fascia a little more every cycle. By the time the dam is thick enough to leak, the hangers are often pulled, the back of the trough has lifted, and the fascia board behind it has been wet for weeks.
None of that is visible until the ice is off. It gets photographed when it appears, because a bent gutter found in February is a great deal easier to argue about with a carrier than one discovered in May.
If water already got inside
Taking the ice off stops new water. It does nothing about what is already in the insulation, the ceiling and the walls of a Lebanon home.
The same company handles the rest: water mitigation and dryout, mold remediation where the water has led to growth, the interior repair, and the roof where the dam damaged it, all documented on one insurance claim.
Why a drainage channel is not removal
Cutting a few channels through a dam so water can get past is quick and it is sometimes sold as ice dam removal. It drains the roof for as long as the channels stay open, which in a Lebanon cold snap can be a single night before they close again.
Removing the dam means taking the ice off down to the shingle along the whole affected run, so the eave can drain the way it was built to. It takes longer and it is the only version that holds.
What you get in Lebanon
- Steam onlySafe on asphalt, cedar, slate, tile and metal — no chipping, no pressure, no salt
- Valleys and dormersThe dead spots that hold the deepest ice get worked specifically
- No salt, no chippingNothing corrosive and nothing mechanical touches the covering
| Dispatch window | Same day to 24 hours |
|---|---|
| Documentation | Dated before and after photos, written scope in Xactimate line items |
| Pricing model | Billed by the crew hour, rate quoted before dispatch |
| Typical scope | Steam, 6-14 crew hours typical |
| Primary climate stressor | Sustained sub-freezing, long season |
| Coverage area | Lebanon and Grafton County |
| Service | Ice Dam Removal in Lebanon, NH |
Neighborhoods and Towns We Reach From Lebanon
Crews working Lebanon cover the adjoining communities on the same route — West Lebanon, Etna, Plainfield, Enfield and Meriden — so a storm week usually means one truck handling several addresses in Grafton County rather than separate trips.
Nearest hub towns with their own ice dam removal pages: Hanover, Claremont, Franklin, Laconia, Concord, Keene.
When a storm hits Grafton County, crews are dispatched by severity rather than by call order — water already inside the house goes first.
Most jobs do not stop at one service. Ice Dam Removal in Lebanon often runs alongside water mitigation & dryout in Lebanon, and both get written into one scope rather than billed as separate visits.
Active leak right now? Our 24/7 Lebanon steam ice dam removal crews are dispatched first during a freeze event. Call (888) 561-9664.
