[450] Ice dam busters

[John Foege]

I used a rubber mallet. Works great! The panty hoes filled with calcium
chloride does in fact melt channels through the dams. We had 6" thick ice
dams! Those salt socks are useful if you cant get to sections of your roof
safely with a hammer or if you feel uncomfortable with the safety risks
involved.
On Mar 5, 2015 5:02 PM, "Chris" <cralt at att.net> wrote:

> I just use a hammer...
>
>
>
> On Mar 2, 2015, at 09:09, 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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