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Beware of icicles and ice dams on your roof

When snow sits on your roof for extended periods of time, icicles start to form as ice dams build up, which can lead to roof leaks and water damage. In extreme cases, heavy snow and ice on your roof can even cause to collapse. Regularly clearing snow and ice from your roof in the winter is very important, but it is also very dangerous.

Icicles and ice dams are formed along the edge of your roof or gutters as a result of the thawing and re-freezing processes of snow on the https://twitter.com/buffalonysnow