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Ice Dams
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How to Fix and Prevent Ice Dams on Your Roof

By Donna Pols Trump, Past Writer
Last Updated: Apr 13, 2025

It's an iconic look, and one familiar to those of us living through northern city winters: scores of long, dagger-like icicles hanging from the eaves of our homes. Iconic or not, however, icicles of this magnitude often signal a severe problem: ice dams.

Table of Contents

  1. What are Ice Dams?
  2. Why Do Ice Dams Form
  3. What Makes Heat in an Attic?
  4. How to Temporarily Fix Ice Dams
  5. How to Prevent Ice Dams
  6. Bottom line
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Donna Pols Trump

Donna Pols Trump’s work has been published in literary magazines and online. She has received several Pushcart Prize nominations. Donna’s education includes degrees in Biology and Physical Therapy and a host of writing classes taken and taught at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Her short story “Portage” was selected by judge Anne Tyler for first prize in a 2018 contest sponsored by december magazine.

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