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Ice Dams on roof & Salt Bags
Info only! A roof heater system is not practical as no one is in house
to switch the heaters on & off! I wanted to tell you about my experiment. I have now 4 salt bags on my roof of our Deep Creek house. I have filled two pairs of OLD pantyhose with salt and threw them up on the house roof in crock area where the water has leaked into the house in the past. No water leak seen while we were there however. None pre of post salt on roof. I belive its the ice dam problem. Most likely when a family comes in after a snow & puts the heat on in the house. The over hang area is not warm & causes an ice dam. I saw an internet idea about this. I cut the legs off the pantyhose to mage two bags from each. No, I do not know what will happen to the empty panty hose , but likely may clog gutter! I used cement safe salt as it could go to the cement ground pad below. The bags are on top of the snow, but I really wanted to put them up pre snow days. I think rock salt could be used if put up pre snow as the gutters may not freeze & clear all the salty water via the drains & not hit the cement. I think I will try a test here in Bowie also, one leg of regular rock salt & one of safe salt. Put on roof next to each other in fall line ( no plants below!)& see what happens next snow. So, if it works, that area of the crotch should clear before the rest of the shady roof! |
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ups.com... I wanted to tell you about my experiment. I have now 4 salt bags on my roof of our Deep Creek house. I have filled two pairs of OLD pantyhose with salt and threw them up on the house roof in crock area where the water has leaked into the house in the past. .... snip ... How do you keep them on the roof? Just laying there? Do you have a low pitched roof? -al sung |
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"Alan Sung" wrote How do you keep them on the roof? Just laying there? Do you have a low pitched roof? Da wife clings to the ridge until spring. She wouldn't want to tear a hole in a new pair, that's why you use old panty hose. |
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