Roof leak. Snow on top.

[Arthur D.]

Tenant called. Slow drip from ceiling in kitchen. I have a flat roof and 14" of snow just fell. It's. slowly melting as the temperatures will be freezing for the next week. Any suggestions?

[Deanna McCormick]

Grab a shovel and get the snow removed.. the ice dam guys that's the way the ice dam guys do it so if not a 10 story building and you have a way up there grab a small snow blower, smooth shovels and work the area near the leak first.. my nephew has a ice dam business in Minnesota,, and that's what they do.. min 125.00 a hour. for 2 hrs is average call..

or call some ice dam services in your area.. 

Roofing guy will just say,, yup it's from a ice dam.. so get the snow removed then call the roof guy. the roof guy will probably put down some leak stop first until weather warms up for repair.. whatever you can do to get the water that's melting away from that spot is best.. we've taken panty hose filled it with rock salt and laid it out in a line so the salt will melt a trail to the downspouts.. so the water will drain. 

Slow drip could turn into a waterfall once the snow really starts to melt..