Which proves my point, wait untill spring.
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 5:14 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Fwd: Speaking of icicles!! Dan, here is an article from a Burgh paper. My wife is from the Burgh and gets articles like this. text of forwarded message follows: >Don't flip, homeowners, just let the water drip >Friday, February 19, 2010 >Pittsburgh Post-Gazette > >When water is dripping down your walls and >pooling on the floor, you don't want to hear someone say: "Do nothing." > >Yet, that's probably the best advice roofers and >insurance agents have for the thousands of >homeowners affected this week by ice dams. > >If you are one of them, your best hope for >relief is that temperatures go up or down -- soon. > >"Every house has tons of icicles hanging from >gutters. It's very picturesque but it's bad news >for homeowners and for us," said David Thomas of >Thomas & McMenamin, an Upper St. Clair insurance agency. > >Mr. Thomas, a part owner, has heard from nearly >two dozen homeowners complaining of interior >leaking over the last two weeks. And he's expecting a lot more. > >As long as temperatures stay around freezing, >snow and ice will continue to thaw and refreeze >on the roof, where ice at the edge holds back >water behind it. That water works its way >through the shingles -- even climbing up a >pitched roof -- and drips down inside the walls, >damaging wallboard, trim, insulation and sometimes flooring. > >So what can you do? Nothing, except catch or mop >up the water you can see and maybe poke a hole >in the wall or ceiling to drain what you can't see. > >Sam W. Gregg, 79, of Peters, said that about >four days ago, he and his wife noticed water >dripping down a window in the dining room of >their 50-year-old home. Then, the same thing >happened in their living room and two bedrooms. > >"Since it was a little warmer today, it's >getting heavier," he said Thursday. "I'm worried that it will get worse." > >The Greggs replace soaked towels on the >windowsills every six hours or so. They haven't >filed a homeowners claim yet but figured they should let Mr. Thomas know. > >Mr. Thomas said most water damage claims will be >covered. And since large insurance carriers have >designated this a catastrophe loss, homeowners' >rates generally won't be affected. > >However, that doesn't mean insurance companies >will replace your roof, or pay to make sure this >doesn't happen again. For that, you'll have to >wait until the ice and snow are gone. > >Installing loops of heat tape -- electrical wire >or tape that can be plugged into an outlet -- >will create gaps in the ice at the eaves to >allow water to run off. An even better solution >is to have a roofer install an ice and water >shield beneath the bottom 3 or 4 feet of >shingles. This adhesive rubber membrane will >prevent water trapped behind an ice dam from getting through. > >But no one -- roofers included -- should be >working up there now. Even if you could safely >work on an icy, pitched roof, removing snow or >chipping away ice won't help and might just make it worse. > >So for now, experts say, mop up, stay off the >roof and pray that temperatures drop into the >20s and stay there. As long as it's ice, it can't drip into your house. > >Then hope temperatures gradually reach the 40s, >and that ice in the gutters finally melts. > >Read more: ><http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10050/1037001-258.stm#ixzz0fzU2Gv2f>http:// www.post-gazette.com/pg/10050/1037001-258.stm#ixzz0fzU2Gv2f > > From Our Neck Of The World, our current weather > is: Silver Springs, Florida Clear, 42°F Wind:N-010° at 3mph >Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. >Anna text of forwarded message ends: John Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 64°F Wind:SSW-200° at 6mph Lactomangulation: Manhandling the 'open here' spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
