Tom Hanks, owner, 24/7 Express Handyman Service · Updated September 2026
24/7 Express Handyman Service answers ice-dam calls in Federal Heights. 32°F is the line that matters for an ice dam, per the University of Minnesota Extension: part of the roof's surface has to stay above freezing while another part stays below it, and heat escaping into the attic is usually what keeps the upper roof that warm. (Dealing with and preventing ice dams — University of Minnesota Extension) 27 percent of Federal Heights residences were built in Colonial Revival styles, according to an architectural survey of the neighborhood, with another 10 percent Neo-Classical, 16 percent Bungalow and 15 percent English Tudor. (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edward & Harriett Rosenbaum House (Utah SHPO)) In the Salt Lake City & Millcreek zone, the dispatch fee is $199–$349 by time of day, due on arrival and covering the first 60 minutes on site; typical arrival is 60–90 minutes.
$264–$414
Ice Dam Help in Federal Heights costs $264–$414 to start: a $199–$349 dispatch fee by time of day, which covers the first 60 minutes on site, plus the $50 supplies fee and the $15 fuel surcharge. After that, labor is $150/hour in 30-minute steps. Larger parts are billed at cost plus 25%.
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Dispatch fee $199–$349 by time of day, due on arrival, covering the first hour on site. After that, $150/hour in 30-minute steps. Fuel surcharge $15. Supplies fee $50. Full price sheet and estimator
Typical arrival in the Salt Lake City & Millcreek zone: 60–90 minutes.
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Most of the bungalows and English Tudor cottages in Federal Heights are in the original Federal Heights subdivision, while most of the Colonial Revival and Neo-Classical residences are in the Bonneville-on-the-Hill development above it. (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edward & Harriett Rosenbaum House (Utah SHPO)) The Federal Heights land was annexed to Salt Lake City in October 1907, and by 1909 its developer was surveying, platting, grading and improving the subdivision's streets and building lots. (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edward & Harriett Rosenbaum House (Utah SHPO)) Federal Heights borders two protected open spaces, the Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area and the Tomahawk Natural Area, and has access to numerous hiking trails on the foothills. (Federal Heights Neighborhood | Council District 3 (SLC.gov)) In the Bonneville-on-the-Hill section of Federal Heights, lot sizes were increased and parcels sold ad hoc, and wealthy families built increasingly grander mansions there from the 1920s into the 1970s. (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edward & Harriett Rosenbaum House (Utah SHPO)) About 30,000 typical brick homes built in Salt Lake City before 1970 are considered unreinforced masonry houses, which emergency management experts call an enormous safety risk in a major earthquake. (Salt Lake City's Fix the Bricks program — SLC.gov Blog)
Calls come from around Block U, University of Utah, Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area, Fed Heights.
An ice dam needs snow sitting on the roof, a roof warm enough underneath to melt it, and a cold eave to refreeze it on — exactly the swing between a heated attic and a below-freezing overnight low that the service area sees most winters.
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