The ice melt that I use is called majestic. It also is safe for pets, kids, lawns and carpets. I purchased mine at Lowes for $15 for a 50 pound bag. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spiro" <sp...@iamspiro.com> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
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 > ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links __________ NOD32 4881 (20100219) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
