Stains on siding below soffit.
Brown icicles on siding.
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The brown ice means that water is infiltrating the roof and causing dirty ice to form.
You re correct that the discoloration is dirt dust or debris in your attic soffit or behind your siding.
Here are a couple of photos showing what stained siding looks like after all the ice is gone.
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A secondary problem is water damage evidenced by the unsightly brown stains spotted on ceilings and or walls.
Other danger signs include ice forming under.
Roofing gutters and all waterproofing anywhere brown water coming out from behind siding and windows help.
The underside of your shingles is a mess of dirt and debris sitting on top of tar.
Because it would seem to me that the most logical way the water is getting into the siding is by being pressed up there through an ice dam causing the situation where icicles form on siding.
Looks like water is somehow getting into the bottom metal runs of the soffit and travelling from gutter end towards the wall and then dripping down the wall.
As you are now aware this is a common occurrence and means that water has backed up.
Knocking off icicles is not recommended and can easily cause damage to eaves flashing and gutters.
Melting snow and ice can also get packed underneath roof shingles causing water to seep into the cracks of the roof.
I have brown water coming from behind my siding and from behind my windows both.
The north north west side of our house has a 2 foot soffit overhang.
Brown or tea colored ice is a sign that something is wrong.
Brown icicles are often a sign that water has seeped under your shingles.
When siding stains appear in random areas during the winter it s the result of moisture migrating through the walls during very cold weather condensing as frost then melting again once the outdoor.
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The liquid was brown and thick.
Any water under your shingles will be brownish or blackish and that water might roll down your roof and become a grungy icicle.
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