Too bad Sophie is too young to enjoy the fun in the snow with her dad.
The concern about icicles of course is that it represents heat loss to the
under side of the roof decking. This causes the melting which is reversed when
the water passes the warm edge into the cold over the eve.
With the warming the snow will be getting wet and heavy. Sometimes it is
desirable to spray your shovel or scraper with a lubricant like Pam or WD40. I
like to use hard paste wax so that the snow doesn't stick. I am sure your
neighbours will be pleased to have the walks well cleaned. I just hired a chap
with a small Kubota tractor with a blower on the back and a small blade on the
front to keep our big double drive clear for the rest of the season. Not that
we are having a lot of snow so far but it seems to be coming about daily and I
am losing interest in spending that much time on the tail end of my 30 inch
scraper. I'll go out tomorrow and clear the patio.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
Dale,
I do have icicles on the roof, and have been knocking them down every
couple of days. So I don't have the really impressive icicles like some
of my neighbors. It is pretty warm out today, so I think a big part of
the problem will go away. I had to take a half day off today, and work
from home the other half of the day. It was so nice and sunny and warm
out that I dug out my neighbors car, and scraped all the sidewalks down
to the cement from the main stairs to my house.
Then, for good measure, I built a snowman, decorating him with the typical
carrot for a nose, but used an old set of my prosthetic eyes, and a joke
pacifier that has teeth.
According to the comments from FaceBook, it is kind of creepy looking.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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