Roof Heat Tape Instructions

If two cables are required position them in the 4 and 8 o clock positions.

Roof heat tape instructions.

Connecting your heating tape to a. Measure horizontal roof sections depth of overhang length of each dormer and and length of each downspout. Here are the basic steps for installing new heat cable along a roof eave and gutter. Run the cable back.

To install roof heating cables you must first apply shingle clips to the structure. If the heating cable is the same length as the pipe run it straight along the bottom of the pipe. By applying heating cable from the roof edge to a level just above the overhang and in the gutter and downspouts melt water on the roof will have a clear drainage path. Use the included instructions download here to calculate exactly how much roof de icing cable you need to buy.

Starting at the bottom left or right edge corner of the surface near the gutters apply clips to the third or fourth row of shingles approximately eight to twelve inches apart. 208 subscribers step 1. Pipe surface preparation prepare surface to be heated. Clip the starting point of the cable to a.

Wipe the surface making sure there is no foreign. Heating tape installation wrap heating tape can be installed on nearly any surface due to its flexibility. Route the cable from the electrical outlet to the starting point on the roof.