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Valerie A Miller
2025-08-25 12:53:41
I own several of these for my roof and highly recommend them for ice, snow build up.
JW
2025-08-10 15:39:33
I have tried making my own clips for use under shingles using stiff wire, modified picture hangers, and hangers for Christmas tree lights, but these are the only ones that grip the shingle underneath holding them in place. The Christmas tree light hangers also work, but being made of plastic, they get dried out and become brittle from the heat of the De-Icing cable and the heat of the sun...or the squirrels get to them...they only held up for one winter. These metal clips are not affected by heat and easy to install.
druek
2025-07-11 16:41:55
These parts work fine, and they were shipped very quickly and well packaged.My story:The previous owner installed heat cable to try to deal with ice damming, but no clips, so the cables were lying in the gutters but not on the roof. I had considered heat cable on my last house which also had ice damming problems, but decided not to because it sounded expensive and not great results. Anyway, because these were already installed I figured I'd see if I could make them work.The clips work as promised, but I'm not sure the heating cables do. Now that they're on the roof too, they melt the snow when it's falling, so there's less build up of snow. That's a problem when sun heats the roof or heat leaking from the house melts the snow all at once; that's when the ice dams really build up.However the cables are not warm enough to melt a lot of ice, although having them on the roof and in the gutters is a better idea than just in the gutters. If they were hotter they might work, but also be a fire hazard and suck up a lot of electricity. But the clips themselves work as promised.Besides getting up on a ladder and chopping the ice off, which threatens the health of the shingles, I've found the following solution to work best: get some cheap nylon calf-length women's stockings, fill them with ice melt (not salt, but something that won't harm your shingles; I use calcium chloride pellets), tie them in a knot, and toss them onto the roof. Be careful not to breath in the dust from the ice melt, I'm pretty sure it's not good for your lungs.
ozooha
2025-05-11 18:09:22
It grips the shingles well.. for the most part. A few did not so I had to hammer them in. I used this to replace the stones I would use to keep the heating coils on the roof (valley) in place.I do not, for now, know whether they would require to be replaced next year, but will get back in case I need to purchase them again.
Ron B
2025-02-08 12:44:11
Okay, I know these are for asphalt shingle roofs. But what's a guy supposed to do when he has to put heat cables on a metal roof???? The clips don't have enough strength to hold on the metal edges and support the hooks and the cable. But as I always do, I improvised and modified what I had to work with to accomplish the mission. As of now they are still holding, we'll see what happens by winter's end.
RUSSELL KUHNAU
2025-01-05 10:36:38
WORKED LIKE THEY WERE SUPOSE TO
jm
2024-11-29 15:12:18
pretty basic hooks but they are durable. mine have lasted several winters. I buy extra packs to fill in for the few that get lost or bent
Customer
2024-11-12 13:28:54
Cheaply made, don’t work, the cleats on them bend the second you try to install. Bought a bag of them, attempted to install the first two. Gave up because of how cheaply they are made. Very easy to see they won’t hold up. To top it off, they’re ineligible for a return. No mystery why.
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