Homes that let heat escape more rapidly than others will keep ice on the overhangs but not over the living area.
Frost on roof means.
A well insulated attic floor will keep the heat in the home better making the roof thaw evenly.
What does this mean.
Roofcorp explores what frost on a roof or lack thereof means for your home and roofing system.
And here s the clincher.
In other words the sequence might be as follows.
1 initially the air and the car are at temperature 37 f and the dew point is 35.
When warm air from inside the house escapes traveling up through the bypasses the moisture condenses on the roof boards and rafters where the frost can form.
The overhang porch and garage keep ice on them longer.
Is a lack of frost a good sign or bad sign.
A note about the sharp dividing line.
When the outside temperature rises again the frost thaws water collects and can leak into your house.
If all of your neighbor s roofs have a healthy sheen of frost on top of them but yours does not it may not be the best sign.
Something i implied above but didn t say explicitly is that when frost forms on the roof the roof is below freezing.
As it cools below 35 degrees water condenses on it.
2 the car roof cools radiatively.
Warm shingles don t allow frost to form as readily as cold shingles.
What does a lack of frost on my roof mean.