Frank Carnevale | Tribune-Review Tribune-Review Courtesy of Tina Santo Dias Ice hangs from a gutter at a Brentwood home on Feb. 22, 2021 Steven Adams | Tribune-Review Snow blankets the rooftops along Resaca Place in the Mexican War Streets section of Pittsburgh’s North Side.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The weather is expected to warm up this week, which is good news. But it could also bring problems for property owners. All of the snow and ice from recent storms and bitter cold that’s built up on roofs is about to melt — and could cause “ice damming.” Ice dams on a roof can trap water, preventing it from draining and causing it to back up under the shingles and flood underneath the roof area and leak into a home. The damage that ensues could end up being costly to fix. In some cases it could run into the thousands of dollars.