A system for securing one or more heating cables to a roof and having one or more apparatuses, each apparatus including a metal base panel and a continuous metal C-shaped channel integrally-formed with the base panel. The channel includes a pair of opposing continuous channel walls creating and surrounding a continuous cavity having a cross-sectional cavity shape substantially identical for at least a majority thereof to the cross-sectional shape of the cable. The channel walls are resiliently flexible to enable receipt of a continuous length of the heating cable within the cavity such that the heating cable is in snug continuous contact with the channel to enhance heat conductance from the heating cable to the base panel.

A roofing product can include a substrate and a heater. The roofing product may be placed along portions of a roof where heat can help to reduce the likelihood of water freezing into ice while along a roof. In an embodiment, a hinge can be used in a roofing product to aid in folding of the roofing product or to retain a non-planar shape of the roofing product. The roofing product may or may not include a self-adhesive backing. A roofing product can include plurality of heaters that can provide sufficient heating should a particular heater fail. Method of fabricating the roofing product can be adapted for a fabrication line that can operate continuously.

The gutter consists of a gutter base, gutter flap, and pneumatic actuator. The actuator is controlled by a gutter controller which senses rain and controls the actuator. In rainy weather, a rain sensor at the gutter controller senses rain and pumps air into the actuator to raise the gutter flap to form a V-shaped gutter. In dry weather, when most of the debris is collected in the traditional gutter, the air is drained from the actuator and the gutter flap lies flat, letting the debris slide down to the ground.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for efficient control of a heating element. A sensor is configured to detect a state of water in proximity to a heating element. A switch device is configured to control a supply of power to the heating element. A hardware controller device is in communication with the sensor and the switch. The hardware controller device is configured to adjust the supply of power to the heating element using the switch device based on the state of water in proximity to the heating element.

A gutter cover has a lip for attachment to a structure below the roof. An upper cover extends away from the lip at an angle between 90 and 180 degrees relative to the lip. A folded section extends towards the attachment lip at an angle between 0 and 180 degrees relative to the upper cover. A covering section extends substantially parallel with, and spaced apart from, said folded section and has a number of apertures therein configured to allow water to pass into the gutter. Exemplary embodiments may utilize a filtering mesh positioned in the space between the folded section and the covering section.

A gutter cover has a lip where fasteners attach the cover to a structure. An upper cover extends at a downward angle away from the structure while a folded section extends and a downward angle towards the structure. A covering section extends substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the folded section back towards the front of the gutter and has a number of apertures therein for filtering debris. A filtering mesh is located between the covering section and the folded section and may also filter debris. A connecting lip secures cover to the front of the gutter.

A gutter debris barrier system for preventing debris from entering a gutter includes a frame that is attached to a fascia of a building and a filter screen. The frame may include a floor with slots punched therein, with ribs on either side of the slots that form channels. The channels may be tapered to improve the speed and efficiency of heat transfer, and also to funnel water down into the gutter. The ribs may have planar upper surfaces or tips lying in a common horizontal plane and supporting a flat filter screen.

A dispenser attachment device configured to attach to a conventional snow roof rake tool having a handle, the dispenser attachment device including a reservoir compartment to store and release a de-icing material, an attachment member configured to detachably couple to the tool, and a stabilizer having an upper member and a lower member extending therefrom to stabilize the reservoir compartment when releasing the de-icing material, wherein the reservoir compartment stores the de-icing material when in a first position and dispenses the de-icing material when the reservoir compartment is rotated to a second position.

A cover for use with a heat element and a gutter guard. The cover has a horizontally oriented main body having a roof side end and a gutter lip side end. A lateral member is integrally coupled to the main body's roof side and has joined first and second portions. The first portion is angled downwardly from the main body and the second portion is terminal to the first portion and angled away from the main body's roof side. The cover includes a lip member that extends from the main body's gutter lip side end, and a lip portion angled downwardly. A channel interior to the lateral member and below the main body is formed, where the channel's bottom is bounded by the gutter guard's top. The main body's gutter lip side end is configured to fit over a gutter lip with the channel proximal to the gutter lip.

An ice concentration prevention mechanism and ice dam dissipation system includes at least one pole, at least one bucket, a set of pulleys and at least one cable mechanism. The bucket is attached to the pole and the line. The pulley is at the end of the pole. The line is run through the pulley and used by the operator to control the bucket.