Paltik 3 Posted February 16, 2014 Anybody owns or knows a contractor/roofing guys in Bergen County that remove snow on the roof? Any info will be greatly appreciated...Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seamusSU 0 Posted February 17, 2014 There's another thread going with some ideas for you http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/66386-maybe-not-as-bad-as-sandy/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HardCorr 0 Posted February 17, 2014 I used a roof shovel today to move some of the snow off the roof away from the gutter. It is basically a hard plastic or aluminum low profile shovel that's about 2' long with 10' extensions that you can add to it. Then I put some heat trace in the gutter. It's gonna take a while for the heat trace to melt the ice, but a lot melted today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rightisright 3 Posted February 17, 2014 Good luck finding rock salt, water softener salt or any other de-icing agent these days.... It's the .22 LR of the winter fighting agents! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HardCorr 0 Posted February 17, 2014 If you can find calcium chloride, you can make socks out of pantyhose and lay them in your gutters that will help too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted February 17, 2014 Calcium chloride snakes are used to melt channels that the water uses to get out. Best solution for ice dams I have seen was in New England where they use steam to melt them off of roof. I do not know anybody around here in NNJ that does this. Just don't go wacking away at that ice on the roof. Does more damage to roof that you can believe. You'll be replacing it sooner than you think. Biggest problem is lack of proper ventilation in attic to keep roof cold enough that snow melts like it is supposed to. Tough to do at times. I have two bow windows that leak like crazy in this weather. Time to get rid of them. Just a bad season for snow. There is 16-24 inches on it right now. It's got to go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence Dogood 468 Posted February 17, 2014 Get a snow rake - they work great! http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_ss_i_0_9?k=snow+rake&sprefix=snow+rake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted February 17, 2014 If the water is coming in already, there are a couple of things to do. Tom Silva from This Old House says stick a box fan in the attic and point it at the leaking area to cause it to freeze up. To get the water from out from behind the dam, you need to make a channel. Pounding and picking will destroy your roof. If it is too much of an emergency to wait for ice melt to work, don't pound and chip at the ice. You can use a cordless drill (carefully) or a torch (very, very carefully) to make a channel or two to drain the water from behind the dam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paltik 3 Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks for all your input but my problems are i can't climb up the roof cuz its too high and i don't have an access to the attic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Glock guy 1,127 Posted February 17, 2014 Nothing you can do now until you remove SNOW from the eves and hope it melts this week....... Yes, everything I've read on the subject is about prevention. Once it happens, you're basically screwed until it melts on its own. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barms 98 Posted February 19, 2014 Getting worse before getting better. Seeing so many houses with icicles down the siding and front doors. Which means it has worked back from the gutters. I think rain Friday is gonna blow out a lot of ceilings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greatgunstatenj 32 Posted February 19, 2014 Big melt coming today! I hope all the roof clearing and breaking of ice out of gutters yesterday helped. I couldn't reach the highest points but did as much as I could. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EWC88 24 Posted February 19, 2014 If you can find calcium chloride, you can make socks out of pantyhose and lay them in your gutters that will help too. I'll have to remember this for next year, yea next year please no more this year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks for all your input but my problems are i can't climb up the roof cuz its too high and i don't have an access to the attic. Take pantyhose and fill with some kind of melt agent as described above. Tie it securely closed. Tie a really long string and throw it up hign in the roof. Slowly pull the string down until it crosses the damn and hangs over the gutter. Might take a few tosses, but this will work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikeythumbs 1 Posted February 20, 2014 OK this is not about ice dams but i have a question. I found some water softener tablets and tried to use them to melt the ice on the walk it does not seem to work are you guys crushing them before you use them or just throwing them out there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted February 20, 2014 OK this is not about ice dams but i have a question. I found some water softener tablets and tried to use them to melt the ice on the walk it does not seem to work are you guys crushing them before you use them or just throwing them out there. Depending upon the exact issue they were treating water for, there are a few different things that might go in a water softener. It might be limestone (calcium carbonate) which won't do a thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikeythumbs 1 Posted February 20, 2014 It say 100 % pure salt on the bag. I guess I will try to break them up a little and see if that helps any Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ogfarmer 138 Posted February 20, 2014 since they are very dense I would crush them or else they will take a while to work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeerSlayer 241 Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah the pellets dont work as well as solar salt. Crush the pellets up. Sent using Tapatalk 2 NOW FREE!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted February 20, 2014 The next time you have to replace a roof have a 3 to 6 foot rubber membrane installed on the leading edge of the roof. This is what the scene is in my area: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greatgunstatenj 32 Posted February 20, 2014 The next time you have to replace a roof have a 3 to 6 foot rubber membrane installed on the leading edge of the roof. This is what the scene is in my area: Yup! My friend actually told me that is code now for any roof that is over a living space. It gets put on the wood, before the tar paper goes down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikeythumbs 1 Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks guys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites