Ice Jams: Protecting Your Home During Winter When Icicles Could Damage Your Gutters

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The recent waves of snow in the region has been the perfect recipe for ice jams on homes. Icicles hanging off your gutters may be a somewhat pretty postcard of the winter but they can also be very damaging.
The weight of the ice can bring down gutters and cause water to back up under the eaves and into homes often leaking down through ceilings.
Andy Amrhein from Evey’s True Value in Bethel Park says you need to treat the ice jam.“Calcium Chloride or the