Every winter, following dangers and damages occur:

• due to frozen eaves gutters and down pipes, melt water cannot drain off
• the unregulated leaking melt water  damages facades, roof constructions and fabric
• down pipes crack or burst
• due to weight of the ice and the icicles, eaves gutters and roof areas deform
• falling icicles damage vehicles and are a potential danger of life and limb of the people passing by

This is due to:

• in the case of continuing coldness the snow stays on roof areas and eaves gutters
• due to global insolation or poorly insulated roofs, melt water occurs at temperatures of around 0° C
• this melt water drains off from the "warm" (> 0° C) areas in the "cold" (< 0° C) eaves gutters and down pipes - there it will be freece solid again
• subsequent water cannot drain off and find its "own" ways

Remedy action and optimal freeze protection at highest profitability ensures therefore:

• an electric trace heating system with self-limiting heating cables combined with an energy-saving control technology