Frozen Ventilation Thawing & Clearing

We do jobs other than ice dam removal all the time.  People see how handy our steam is – and they see how handy we are with our customized steamers – and they immediately realize that we can steam them out of other tough situations.  By far, the#1 non-ice-dam problem we solve is: frozen vents and vent pipes.  If air can’t escape your home or plumbing because the place it normally discharges from is frozen shut, then you’ve got a problem that’s somewhere between inconvenient and deadly.

If it handles air and it’s frozen, our steam can free it up.  Here are some specific areas of houses (and some commercial buildings) that we can clear:

Vents for systems that often vent through the roof:

• Furnace vents: both exhaust and/or intake, depending on the unit
• Water heater vents: both exhaust and/or intake, depending on the unit
• Bathroom exhaust vents
• Plumbing vents (which are critical to handle the gases that build up in your P-traps, waste line, and other drainage)
• Air exchanger vents – both intake and discharge vents
• Radon mitigation vents
• Dryer vents
• Kitchen exhaust vents (either the stove or a range hood or both)

Roof vents (designed to allow heat to escape the attic space):

• Box vents (aka Turtle Vents)
• Turbine vents
• Powered vents
• Ridge vents
• Cupola vents
• Off-ridge vents (these keep a low profile on your shingles)
• Soffit vents
• Greenhouse vent (looks and acts like a skylight that you would open in the attic or greenhouse)

You can call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1-800-ICE-DAMS – or contact us online.