How To Install Heat Tape On A Metal Roof
Here are the basic steps for installing new heat cable along a roof eave and gutter.
How to install heat tape on a metal roof. Route the cable from the electrical outlet to the starting point on the roof. Heat tape metal roofs. The s 5 heat tape roof clip is a new patented roof clip design specifically for standing seam applications with a focus on ease of install and effectiveness. Clip the starting point of the cable to a shingle that is slightly further up the roof than the outside wall.
There s two main products used to install heat tape on your standing seam metal roof. The s 5 sr heat tape clip and the standard ice dam heat tape clip. My question is how can i attach heat tape to the metal roof so it won t blow off. Heat cable ul listed to prevent ice dams.
The ice will back up under the roof some. This will ensure that the cable will completely cover the roof overhang. The snow ice builds up there and stays all winter. I need to go horizontal on the roof then up the valley of the gable and down and run along the remainder of the roof horizontal.