[450] Ice dam busters

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On 3/5/2015 5:02 PM, Chris wrote:
> I just use a hammer...
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> On Mar 2, 2015, at 09:09, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com
> <mailto:john.foege at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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