insurance companies are slow to cover a residence with a flat roof for theis reason. Professional ice melt is quoted down to -12 but I think it's more accurately trusted to 0. I tossed some onto my auning and there are no icycles after the first day. Don't know what ths aalts will do to your structures, but the Ice Melt (mcmater Carr supply) is safe for lawns, pets, and sidewalks.
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Dan Rossi wrote: > Well, this was all good fun anyway. Yes, your run of the mill hand held > torch will do very little against any real mass of ice, as many people in > the area are finding out. My neighbors and I have kicked around a number > of concepts for bleeding off the water in the ice dams along our > roof-lines. Anywhere from hooking up a hose to the hot water tap and > strapping the hose to a long pipe. To dumping calcium chloride in a few > key spots. > > I personally know three people who have already had major ceiling damage > caused by ice dams on their roofs. > > There are some pretty serious icicles hanging off the buildings around > campus. Apparently, one building has icicles that grew curved due to some > strong wind funneling in the area. My buddy says they are about 8 to 10 > feet long and curved so they look like a long row of pretty serious teeth. > > Oh well. Guess I'll just go out with a shovel over the weekend and hack a > path through the worst parts of the sidewalks. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 >
