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ROGUEDD
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+452|5966|Fuck this.
This should take care of the problem.

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Christbane
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I have been seeing signs around here advertising snow dam removal with steam.  not sure if you are willing to pay someone or not.

http://www.rooftodeck.com/ice_dam.htm
SplinterStrike
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+250|6988|Eskimo land. AKA Canada.

Christbane wrote:

I have been seeing signs around here advertising snow dam removal with steam.  not sure if you are willing to pay someone or not.

http://www.rooftodeck.com/ice_dam.htm
Steam is still water, I'd advise against it. It just freezes again later, and elsewhere.
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hi
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throw a harpoon at it
ROGUEDD
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Pochsy wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Sorry, what's the problem with ice dams? I've never seen one before, especially like that
They stop the melted snow and drift snow from coming off the roof, which can pile up enough to risk a collapse. You can either make the crawl-space warmer, or the roof steeper.

EDIT- not warmer, colder.
The problem is that melt water stays on your roof, works its way under the shingles and drips through your ceiling in many many spots.
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trex1210
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ever herd of chipping that shit off?
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LividBovine
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I have the same thing this year.  I bought some of those same pellets and have not been happy with them either.  They may work when it is warmer though.  I don't have any leakage yet, but I check it every day.  I watched my neighbor beat on his roof with a small hatchet for about 6 hours.  He had about 30 feet he chipped off.  Was about the same thickness too.
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-Sh1fty-
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My Dad once had a lot of ice on the roof, I think he took it off with an axe. I don't know if it was an ice-dam or not, I was too young to remember.
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Stubbee
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chopping with a pick, ax or anything else WILL damage your roof. Not to mention the ice sticking to the shingles when you pry away the ice.
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I think it hit the mid 80's today
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GodFather
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+387|6797|Phoenix, AZ
Get a bucket of salt that people use to melt the ice off their driveways

Throw that shit up there

Wait a few hours, come back and hit that ice with something and it will all fall off, the salt makes the ice structure very very weak by basically boring holes in it
Nappy
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+151|6807|NSW, Australia

Whats a crawl space? is that the bit between to roof and the ... ceiling?

Last edited by Nappy (2010-02-17 03:42:59)

Ultrafunkula
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Nappy wrote:

Whats a crawl space? is that the bit between to roof and the ... ceiling?
Yep.
globefish23
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+334|6901|Graz, Austria
We have a similarly large chunk of ice directly over our front door, where the edges of the two saddle roofs meet perpendicular.
Our neighbors have an extension in that corner to prevent rain/snow from accumulating and overhanging.

The temperatures are above 0°C at day now, so this thing starts to melt and refreeze during the night.
I hope it won't come down in an avalanche.

Nappy wrote:

Whats a crawl space? is that the bit between to roof and the ... ceiling?
It's an attic for midgets, of course.
baggs
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Set fire to your house, problem solved.

I'll even come do it for you.
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thread is tl;dr

but DO NOT salt it.

Your roof will just rust, any metal guttering, nails, screws whatever is up there will corrode in the pools of salt water you create.
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Dilbert_X
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Thats a lot of snow for North London.
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Dilbert_X wrote:

Thats a lot of snow for North London.
Narupug
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So far we've learned that salting will rust your roof, hacking will damage your roof, and water will just make it worse.  It looks like the only solution to your problem is spring.

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