A four-story brick hotel in Iowa was converted to a senior living apartment facility. The fourth story was surrounded on all four sides by a wide 18.5 gutter at floor level. Snow, ice and moisture built up in the gutter during the winter months, creating ice dams which caused damage to the window sills and carpet in apartments at that level. - Nearly 1,600 feet of Chromalox SRF roof and gutter heating cable was run through the gutter system in a straight run to eliminate any potential ice dams in these vulnerable areas. A major advantage is the systems energy efficiency it is activated only when moisture and below-freezing temperatures are present. If the system was activated by low temperatures only, the system could be activated by wind-chill, which would result in wasted energy.

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