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Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:46 pm to stout
Its too late to do anything tonight so I guess the risk will be tomorrow mid day? It is getting down to ~10-12F here on the northshore so I imagine there won't be much melting tonight
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:47 pm to TigerTatorTots
Works for me.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:47 pm to Ponchy Tiger
quote:
I am going spray it with the water hose and melt the snow around the eves.
Troll?
In case you aren't trolling I will ask you to please not do that.
Use a leaf blower if you don't want to use a broom
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:48 pm to TigerTatorTots
quote:
It is getting down to ~10-12F here on the northshore so I imagine there won't be much melting tonight
Hopefully so and people will have time tomorrow
We were already getting some melt because it stopped snowing here at noon and the sun came out.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 7:54 pm to stout
quote:
In case you aren't trolling I will ask you to please not do that.
Use a leaf blower if you don't want to use a broom
I wasn't trolling at all. My first thought was I have a gabe roof with no valleys and no gutters. 6/12 pitch so water runs off quick and the house is small 1100sq foot. My thought was I could melt all the snow on my roof in no time and the sun would quickly dry it out.
But obvious you think this is a bad Idea?
we never got any sun and it never got above freezing today, so I should be good tonight?
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:01 pm to Ponchy Tiger
I wouldn't add water to a roof if temps are still at freezing levels. I would sweep it off. It's pretty powdery and doesn't take much
Hopefully so. You guys got the snow much later in the day than we did. We already had some melt happening.
quote:
we never got any sun and it never got above freezing today, so I should be good tonight?
Hopefully so. You guys got the snow much later in the day than we did. We already had some melt happening.
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:04 pm to stout
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Hopefully so. You guys got the snow much later in the day than we did. We already had some melt happening.
started here about 5:30am and finished up about 3pm. temps never got above 29 and the low is 9 tonight.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:05 pm to stout
Do gable roofs and the lack of gutters help this situation?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:06 pm to stout
Is this only a problem uf you have gutters?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:06 pm to stout
quote:People are going to take this seriously.
Im gonna go hose most of the snow off of mine real quick
That should work
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:07 pm to LSU316
A slope is a slope and an eave is an eave. It doesn't matter if its gable or not.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:07 pm to stout
20 foot piece of one inch PVC seems to be working pretty good in knocking the mound of snow off the edge of the roof. It has enough flex to bend to conform to the edge of the roof when I'm standing on the ground waving it in a sweeping motion. Of course I can't reach the second story roof edge with it, but at least I got all the downstairs gutter areas.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:08 pm to tonydtigr
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20 foot piece of one inch PVC seems to be working pretty good
Good advice
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:14 pm to stout
10-4….feels like if the snowmelt is happening from nature everything that melted would run off….now if there is some heat source in the attic melting the snow from below then it seems feasible it could freeze again on the eave producing this problem.
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:14 pm to stout
So knock the powder off the eaves and I should be good to go?
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:16 pm to Ingeniero
Stout, do the lack of gutters help the situation
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:16 pm to Ingeniero
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So knock the powder off the eaves and I should be good to go?
Should be
As I said, ice dams can form higher up but the most common spot is the eaves
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:17 pm to LSU316
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now if there is some heat source in the attic melting the snow from below then it seems feasible it could freeze again on the eave producing this problem.
The heat source is your living spaces unless you turned off the heat and opened the windows.
Look at the drawing in the op again.
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:18 pm to stout
I know people might laugh but I feel like I saved my house tonight. I looked like a dummy up there but I worked hard for the past hour.
Lots or hard, ice like sheets I knocked away from the gutters and removed snow.. All I could get is about 3 ft up.
Everything higher looks like it has path to drain or isnt as thick up higher.
Thanks Stout
Lots or hard, ice like sheets I knocked away from the gutters and removed snow.. All I could get is about 3 ft up.
Everything higher looks like it has path to drain or isnt as thick up higher.
Thanks Stout
This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 8:19 pm
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