Best stuff out there. You know the stuff is good when where there was ice there is now just a great gritty traction on bared concrete. Makes me almost want to vac it up to use again. x
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Yes, that is the stuff, I think it is dyed green. It works wonders > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spiro" <sp...@iamspiro.com> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea. > > > Is it a blue-ish color? > I pay $18 and get it shipped to me as I haven't access often. > That's the stuff I took with me in a brown bag in my pcket three times to > work this week and dumped handfuls where needed so I wouldn't slide twice. > Great stuff. > > > > > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote: > >> 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! 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