Electrically heated de-icer for roof drip edge

A drip edge device for a roof formed as an integral extrusion of polymeric plastic material and including:

• a panel having top and bottom surfaces, the panel having an integrally formed flange protruding downwardly from said bottom surface, with the flange arranged so that an inner side thereof can locate against a roof edge when an inner planar portion of the panel extends under shingles or other roofing material adjacent the roof edge while an outer portion of the panel projects in front of the flange, and
• a lip protruding from the outer side of the flange so as to form, together with portions of the outer side of the flange and the bottom surface of an outwardly protruding portion of the outer portion of the panel, a recess for a heating cable;
• at least one of said flange and lip being resilient and providing a restricted entry into the recess such that the recess can retain a heating cable sized to fit the recess when such cable has been pushed laterally into the recess.