PSA Announcement-Ice Dams

[Rayne]

Phee can't climb on the roof (still on heavy restriction from his ankle surgery) ... and there's no way in hell I can do it.

Ack.

[TomCat]

Be Very Careful if you going to use a roof rake. A) It's going to fall on/near you. B) you don't want to damage the shingles.

a quick fix is to fill some old pantyhose with calcium chloride. fill up an old leg or two. tie em off. Lay them perpendicular to the gutters to create a couple channels to alleviate the melt-runoff water. It's really an insulation issue. Try to "break up the gutter/roof line in thirds, to allow the melt water a place to runnoff.

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[taysteewonderbunny]

heat wave fixed it.

[TitsMcGee]

heat wave fixed it.

We'll see once I get to grams if it's really fixed it.

[Bernadette]

The CaCl does help. And this week after the rain goes thru and hopefully all the ice has melted from the roof, it's a good idea to throw the tablets or CaCl that's in pebble form or do the pantyhose method that TomCat explained up on the roof and in the gutters -- to prevent the damming from occurring again. Cuz winter isn't quite over.