Dam ice!! I mean Ice Dams

[James F. McKee]

always glad to have the help of those much older Marcel....

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Hey, what's with the (much older)?

[James F. McKee]

I just couldn't help myself Partner...

[Marcel R. Cyr]

[David C. Macy]

You (and family) are welcome anytime, Good info as usual.

Thanks!!

[Casey Patten]

I saw a new ice melt product this year; a company made them into hockey puck shapes. Just toss them up on the roof, let them burn through. I think they lasted about 1 week in the stores!
Other option would be roof rake the first couple feet of your roof. Keeps the snow off, lets things move down a little easier.
It has been a bad year for ice dams, even my hip roof had a couple small dams just from the amount of snow we've had.

[Carl A. Brown]

Originally Posted by jmckee

as long as You are not getting inside water Dave the best thing You can do is wait it out in my opinion...all of the other options have too many negative side effects....I go outside with a broom or something and knock off icicles in problem locations from time to time, but as Carl says ...spring is right around the corner....Yeah I know I can't find that corner either....

I hear there is a reward for finding that corner this year.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

You can fill a nylon stocking with ice melt, throw it across the dam, and it'll melt a channel through the dam that will allow runoff to run off the roof. -13 deg. F here tonight. Spring seems a long, long, long way off.