Roof Heat Tape Instructions

Connecting your heating tape to a.

Roof heat tape instructions.

If two cables are required position them in the 4 and 8 o clock positions. 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. Measure horizontal roof sections depth of overhang length of each dormer and and length of each downspout.

Clip the starting point of the cable to a. Use the included instructions download here to calculate exactly how much roof de icing cable you need to buy. To install roof heating cables you must first apply shingle clips to the structure. Run the cable back.

Wrap easyheat hca optional application tape or nylon cable ties at 6 15 24 cm intervals to secure the heating cable to the pipe. Install roof heater cables when it s dry outside and it s safe to do the work from a ladder. 208 subscribers step 1. 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. 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. Pipe surface preparation prepare surface to be heated.