With winter rapidly approaching it is once again time to think about how best to deal with those recurring and damaging ice dam problems. Ice dams are a common issue for New England multifamily building owners due to the age of the New England building stock and the fact that we are in a cold climate. Boston receives about 43 inches of snowfall annually, while Springfield receives 45. That’s so much snow that, under the right set of circumstances, it could end up at the edge of your roof as a mountain of ice.