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Housing FailuresIce Dams
Ice dam problem, resulting from a large air leak from an interior partition into a cathedral ceiling space, where plumbing pipes ran through the interior wall. This would have been picked up by an energy rater looking at air leakage, or doing a blower door test.
Another ice dam that occurred on every house in a small subdivision, brand new homes that had coffered ceilings, again from a large air leak. Basically it was a large dropped soffit around the perimeter of each bedroom, the wall cavities were open up into the attic and the insulation didn't stop the air leakage that heated the attic and caused the ice dams. (David Keefe photo) |
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