[450] Ice dam busters

[John Foege]

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On Mar 2, 2015 9:09 AM, "John Foege" <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:

> Going to look something like this once I'm finished. You fill panty hoe
> legs with calcium chloride flakes, tie off the ends, and place them
> perpendicular to the ice dam with the ends hanging over the eave. They melt
> troughs through the dam and allow the pooled water behind it to drain.
>
> This is the quick fix. The long term fix is to ensure you have a ridge
> vent, soffet vents, good insulation of the attic floors (dual layers in the
> NE even), and that you find and squash any sources of heat leakage into the
> attic.
>
> Essentially if you can assure the temperature of the air in attic is the
> same as the outside ambient air temperature, you will never have ice
> damming and the costly repairs of the subsequent water damage they bring!
>
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