I use nylon stockings and buy the non corrosive snow melt in bulk. Put in a rock, to weigh it down, then fill with the snow melt. Works just as well as the pucks, but it's a lot cheaper way to go about it.
Pretty sure something is wrong with your insulation if your getting ice jams on the roof. Either your ventilation system is blocked or you need more insulation.
Get a free Aliant Energy Audit and you’ll might qualify for a rebate on insulation installation. We did it on our old house and got $3000 off.
Wife just told me that Stewart Smith Park just east of Hilton is flooded and so is the Haunted Forest.
This is good stuff. I know why we get ice dams; we have a story and a half. The pitched part of the upstairs ceiling is very difficult to insulated properly and was done in the 40s when our house was built.
We would either have to open up the interior walls or open up the sheathing during a roof replacement to insulate properly. I’ve elected to rake the roof on this part of our house. $40 for a 18’ snow rake plus a little time vs thousands of dollars and a major renovation project.
Parents live in MN and got water in the ceiling last night. Sump pump not running because the ground is still frozen.
Potholes are just temporary water reserviors.
They could spray foam by going through the sheathing and cutting circular holes. They’d replace the holes, put the shingles back on top and you’d never see it. It’s specifically designed for old houses. Our old house that we had done was built in 1945. Just a suggestion
http://www.retrofoam.com/
They could spray foam by going through the sheathing and cutting circular holes. They’d replace the holes, put the shingles back on top and you’d never see it. It’s specifically designed for old houses. Our old house that we had done was built in 1945. Just a suggestion
http://www.retrofoam.com/
I can’t tell from their website, do they fill the whole void with foam? You’d need to maintain a small space between the foam and sheathing to permit air flow from the lower part of the roof.
I read about this a few weeks ago. I don't like the pucks because they don't melt a very large area and I've got a long roof line that faces North which despite my best efforts always gets ice dams. It's insulated, but when ever it warms up just enough to melt snow, the water run down that side, but the sun reach that far down the roof, so the water hits the cold metal and bam. Frozen.
I'm going to try the nylon idea next year.
Waiting for the morning river forecast updates. The Cedar at CR is currently a foot above where last nights forecast had it at this time.
The creeks in CR are crazy. Highest I've seen Dry Creek (which is an awful name for this creek btw).