Easy lazy way... with no risk of damage....
Hi Geoff
Been there done that.... and will need to do it this Saturday on the Norht side of my house.
Connect your garden hose to the laundy tap in your basement.... either directly to the Hot water outlet for the washer... or better still ... the laundry tub outlet if threaded..... run the hose outside and melt the sucker off the roof.
To prevent the initial water flow back under the dam.....melt some downward channels first.... afetr 30 minutes at 50% mix of cold hot you will runout of warm water...... you can continue at a slower pace... tylical water temp. at 55F. or have beer and come back at it in 2 hours and repeat the process. In high to reach areas yuo can do it from the ground just peeing up there with the hose.
It might be wise to melt some fo the ice in the rain gutters first.....
My five cents worth... from the guys who previously ripped some shingles off his roof after the ice storm..... old and wiser...and lazy!!!
Carefull on the roof......
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B
C15a Cab 11
Hammond, Ontario
Canada
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