Ice dams / Discussions

...iced  heavy frost build up in my attic space the last 2 years in my home. It is 5 years old and had R50 of cellulose fibre blown in when built. The moisture barrier is properly installed and not modified. I got a bit of leakage in the spring through my master bathroom ceiling.  I have a 6/12 pitch roof with gables at f...

...ice dams and how to fix them. Adding gutters to a house shouldn’t cause ice dams, ice damming is caused by snow melting and re-freezing. So it is poorly installed or insufficient insulation that is your likely problem on that front. Have a look over those pages and feel free to ask follow ups if the don’t provide all y...

...ice-dams/) stresses the importance of a vapour barrier: "But, if you have no air barrier at all, you really do need one. This requires lifting insulation, laying down a polyethylene vapour barrier over the whole surface (it can go up and down over joists) then reinstalling the insulation.". But in this article (https:/...

I'm a tenant, not a homeowner, so I can't tear down drywall and reinsulate but winter is coming and drafts are already getting in. Is there anything I can do to prevent that without upsetting my landlord? The wall I'm concerned about is the only exterior wall in the apartment, it has one window and one door. And it's i...