The Product Showcase Series by Edge Melt Systems is here to help you learn more about our products. This video allows you to see how Drexan Self-Regulating Heat Cables compare with another brand of Self-Regulating Heat Cables.

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The Product Showcase Series by Edge Melt Systems is here to help you learn more about our products. This video allows you see how easy our product is to install and provides a real life application and explanation of some of the product choices that made.

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This video provides pictures an explanation and evidence to answer commonly asked questions about ice dam formation with and without gutters. To view more information about how ice dams are formed you can visit our website.

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The Updated 2018 Edge Melt Systems Catalog is available for download. We have added our DC Series of Roof Ice Prevention System Controller to the catalog - phasing out the DC Flex digital controller. While the Flex was a great controller, many... read more

Gutter heaters can prevent ice dams and icicles! Ice dams result from the gradual melting of snow on the roof caused by heat loss from the house/building, solar gain (the sun warms the snow and roof surface), and temperature fluctuation. When... read more

Choosing The Wrong Roof Ice Prevention System Put a New England Home in Danger! As the owner of Edge Melt Systems Roof Ice Prevention, I regularly talk with our installing contractors. I have a vested interest in their success as businesses and... read more

Architecture and Ice Dams The common consensus has been that ice dams are caused by warm attics. So, the logical solutions is cool the attic down. Insulate and ventilate. And, for some homes with inadequate levels of either, that can go a long... read more

A great addition to our ice dam prevention arsenal For years, our mainstay for gutter protection has been the VersaScreen Pro and its heated versions. Manufactured in house on our precision CNC Autobrake, this product allowed us to solve many ice ... read more

Heat Transfer Myths (well, at least half truths) Exposed! We have been reporting for some time on the superiority of our roof ice prevention systems - made from heavy gauge aluminum - over competitor roof heat panel systems made from thin steel.... read more

Time tested heat transfer concept It all started a little more than twenty years ago - the idea of embedding self regulating heat cable in a heat transfer panel. The idea expanded to using an aluminum extrusion into which the heat cable was... read more

The Cable Cover Bracket (CCB) is the best friend a gutter heat cable can have. We should start by saying this only applies to good quality self regulating heat cable. You should not use a CCB with the thin round constant wattage style of heat... read more

Camp Prime Time gets much needed roof ice dam prevention system. Prior to the winter of 2014/15, Edge Melt Systems was contacted to help solve a tricky situation at a camp for terminally ill children. A little background on this great facility:... read more

Edge Melt Systems solves complicated roof icing issues Edge Melt Systems was selected over several other options to prevent the ice dam related leaking into a unique home designed by world famous architect Robert Oshatz. The multi-sectional roof... read more

New Ice Dam Prevention System Controller from Edge Melt Systems Leads the Way Some things are just worth waiting for. The Sierra Digital Controller by ECO is a new generation of ice dam prevention system control. It offers as much as 50%... read more

Facts About Ice Dams That You Need To Know Many homeowners face different challenges every winter. With temperatures fluctuating above and below freezing along with increasing snow level on the roof results in having ice dams on the edge of their... read more

Folded Sheet Metal Heat Panels Are Not More Energy Efficient! We've noticed an increase in the companies offering revolutionary new, brilliantly engineered, masterfully efficient (can you detect my sarcasm yet), roof and gutter ice dam prevention... read more

Single Cable Eave Panel - Effective Ice Dam Prevention at Affordable Cost Some areas of the roof don't need the heavy, aluminum extrusion-based products for effective ice dam prevention and management. And, in some areas of the country, the winters ... read more

Victorian Home in Chenequa, WI receives major heat cable system upgrade! This home's original heat cable system was not keeping up. It was put in to mitigate some ice dam and icicle issues that create problems on many areas of the home. With... read more

Sale of Nuheat to Pentair necessitates a change. With the sale of Nuheat to Pentair, our source for the top performing Fujikura self regulating has changed. With Pentair requiring the use of the RayChem IceStop heat cable by Nuheat customers, OEM,... read more

The DCAS4 is the new standard for ice dam prevention system controllers! Starting in June, IceBlaster Edge Melt Systems ice dam prevention systems will feature a new weapon in our arsenal - the DCAS4. This controller features an industrial... read more

Your custom designed and custom built home deserves better than home improvement store guttering and downspouts. The ability to build a custom home is a dream all Americans have. Once we achieve that dream, our goal becomes home maintenance and... read more

Plagued with Roof Ice Dams? What kind of heat cables are best for Ice Dam Prevention? When we experience winters like they are having in New England, homeowners are desperate to try anything to solve their ice dam problems. For many, the old... read more

Recently, Gregory Bublitz was asked to contribute to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about ice damming. Here it is in its entirety. What can be done to prevent ice dams from forming? There are ways to treat the causes and ways to... read more

People who live in temperate climates just don’t understand how a harsh winter storm can create ice dams that can tear your roof to bits if it gets heavy enough. Ice dams form when melting snow refreezes on or near the edge of your roof or... read more

The Problem - ice dams and leaking. How does the Edge Melt System perform in demanding situations. We were called to a condominium complex to assess some severe ice dam problems. The rear of the condo faced west. There were several roof lines... read more