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Ice dam prevention and heat cables around St. Cloud: four businesses confirm the work on their own websites. All of them are based in St. Cloud. The state energy office advises against heat cables, so ask businesses around St. Cloud about attic air sealing too. They include Ice Dams Removed, Renner Roofing Inc. and DualGuard Gutter Systems.
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Committed 365 Roofing - Central MN, BD Exteriors, Inc and Zablocki Roofing & Exteriors are among the 11 businesses serving St. Cloud that do ice dam removal. BD Exteriors, Inc, Zablocki Roofing & Exteriors and Ice Dams Removed use steam, the method the Minnesota Department of Commerce recommends once water is coming in.
Stearns County, where St. Cloud is, carries a design ground snow load of 50 pounds per square foot under the state building code. Some of the surrounding area lies in a neighboring county, which may carry the other value, 50 or 60. A professional engineer can check whether an older roof meets it.
If Xcel Energy heats your home, its 2024 to 2026 program pays 40% of the cost of attic insulation, up to $1,200, and of air sealing, up to $600, done together by a participating contractor. Other utilities serving parts of the area run their own programs, so check with yours.
Hutchinson, Willmar and Brainerd Lakes have their own Cold Home Guide pages, each with the businesses based there and the services they confirm.
Pick a business from the list and use the contact form or phone number on its own website. Asking two or three lets you compare. Cold Home Guide does not take quote requests.