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yup i did the snake thing to. i did have one ice dam and i just caught it quick. it was thick and i chiseled away at it for a while then my leak stopped.

i also bought the last ladder at HD today! glad i did our it would have been worse.

funny telling my wife to go buy pantie liners, she was getting worried about me
 
Wilburg said:
What I did to atatch a Garden hose to my shower:

1) get an adapter for a handheld shower head (silver piece)
2) fit an adapter for a 3/4inch hose (brass piece)

I bought both pieces at home depot.

I mostly use this to wash my dogs with warm water outside of the house, but also works for my ice dams

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Hello Wilburg

Hot water hose blasting kit for shower!

1. Watts A-668 $2.95
3/4 " MH to 1/2 " FIP

2. Shower Diverter $15.98

______________Total $18.93

I got these at Home Depot. Is this it??
 

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Exactly! Let me know how you do tomorrow!
 
Xena said:
Two hours ago I put a couple of homemade "roof socks" on the roof
in areas that had leaks and the leaks have stopped. I cut the legs
of a pair of pantyhose and filled each one with calcium chloride
then tossed them on the roof and positioned them vertical with
the ends hanging over the gutter a bit. What it does is helps to
cut a channel in the ice that will allow the water to run down.
I haven't gone back outside but the leak has stopped. It's best
if you can to rake the snow about 6 ft back from the gutter
and then put a sock in place. This is a big pita. The hell with
the snowplowing money, I can't wait for Spring!
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Do you have Grace Ice & water shield under the shingles?
 
Don2222 said:
Wilburg said:
What I did to atatch a Garden hose to my shower:

1) get an adapter for a handheld shower head (silver piece)
2) fit an adapter for a 3/4inch hose (brass piece)

I bought both pieces at home depot.

I mostly use this to wash my dogs with warm water outside of the house, but also works for my ice dams

(photo is sideways)
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Hello Wilburg

1. Watts A-668 $2.95
3/4 " MH to 1/2 " FIP

2. Shower Diverter $15.98

______________Total $18.93

I got these at Home Depot. Is this it??
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you could have just bought a laundry faucet adapter you just have to figure out if you need a male or female fits to your kitchen or bathroom sink i bought mine at home depot $ 4.95.
 
No Ice Dams and only a few thin icicles on the eves of my house. But some thick snow drifts, some about 2-3 feet. My son came to my rescue. He raked the drifts off the house, porch, deck and solar space. haven't seen snow like this for many years. Saw a new snow rake, called a razor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZLqw8v3LY&NR=1 Looks really neat, but cost about $130. Anyone tried one of these out?
 
Hello

Ice Dam Roof Leak Temporary Solution!!
Have you heard about putting a fan in the attic to pull in cool air to stop the roof from leaking??

From "This Old House"
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/asktoh/question/0,,518918,00.html

One thing they do not say here is that you will have to crank up the pellet stove in the living space because it will make the house sooooo drafty !! LOL
 
Don2222 said:
Do you have Grace Ice & water shield under the shingles?
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No.

Now it's pouring rain outside. Tomorrow my brother and
another guy are going to shovel the whole roof off.
Like I said, skrew the snowplowing income. I don't care
if we don't see another snowflake this season.
 
Xena said:
Don2222 said:
Do you have Grace Ice & water shield under the shingles?
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No.

Now it's pouring rain outside. Tomorrow my brother and
another guy are going to shovel the whole roof off.
Like I said, skrew the snowplowing income. I don't care
if we don't see another snowflake this season.
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Oh, that is too bad, that would prevent the roof leaking. Maybe the first few rows of shingles could be pulled in the summer and the Ice & Water shield put down in the summer? You just need to go about 6 feet up on the front and back.

Well maybe the rain will wash all that snow off the roof. That would be nice :)
 
j-takeman said:
Looks like its my turn for roof socks-ice socks-gutter socks or what ever you call them. No ice dam leaks yet. But the wifey is getting nervous with all the roof collapsing happening. Last night my son heard a loud pop over his room and we went up in the attic. Everything looks fine, But there is more snow on the roof than I though. So to settle the nerves. We will rack the roof and put up some ice socks. Heck I may just toss some calcium chloride all over the roof to help melt whats there. No stinking way this old fool is scrambling on the roof to shovel. I rather pay to have a new roof installed, But read that calcium chloride doesn't damage the shingles. Neighbors out to get a kick out of me flinging ice-melt into the sky!

Off to Lowes for ice melt and another excuse to see what they have for pellets left! :)
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I use the ice socks too. Finding out now to use them after raking roof above ice dam. If now luck at lowes, Walmart has good selection of calcium chloride,
been using Morton ice melt (-25c) , it is calcium chloride. Have read that just tossing ice melt on roof is not too effective,
but then again, read that at sites who sell ice socks!
Good luck !
 
j-takeman said:
I found ice melt at Lowes(checked the pellets too!) And bought a pole to put them up there. Racked about a foot of snow off about a foot up the roof. Place a sock every 5 or 6 feet. Holy cow the stuff is raining off the gutters right now. Got some strange looks from the locals staring out there windows. "What the heck is he doing out there" looks as I was putting them up.

Wonder how many will join suite after they see mine clear in a few days?
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oops , sorry just saw this post ! Glad things are working (raining ! ). Yeh, I bet my neighbor's wonder what the
heck i'm doing when i throw the socks up !
 
just tell em you grew up in the inner city but being the country you thro sox on roofs instead of sneakers on power lines
 
Don2222 said:
Well maybe the rain will wash all that snow off the roof. That would be nice :)
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Yeah I wasn't waiting for that to happen cuz more water would have
come into my house. My brother went up there from midnight to 2 am
and shoveled a third of it, then today I hired a guy to do the rest.
They both did a wonderful job!
There are two additions in the back that you can't see in the pic
so yeah there was a lot of snow. Over 30" of snow on much of it.
Now come on Spring I wanna ride the harley and go kayaking!
 

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Xena, If it wasn't for all them snow piles in front. You'd think it was spring there! :)

Well the roof socks did as claimed. Burned channels right down to the gutter. :) I started something as the locals are all out racking and shoveling the roofs. I had another project as the dog could now walk over the fence into the nieghbors yard. Had to get the snowblower out and clear the dog pen of snow. Yellow snow and all. Heck I even saw poop fly! :) ;-P

I hate's winter! :sick:
 
Phatty said:
just tell em you grew up in the inner city but being the country you thro sox on roofs instead of sneakers on power lines
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Now that's funny !
But, the truth is stranger than fiction !
 
Something else to start thinking about is the late winter, early spring thaw. With almost double our annual snowfall already (and more to come) any problems anyone has had with flooded cellars is probably going to be a lot worse this year. After shoveling all the snow off my roof(s) I know that I've got tons of snow within 10' of my foundation that I am already planning to remove as soon as I can to help lessen the impact of potential flooding.

There's a good chance that there's going to be a lot of people looking for a sump pump and they may be hard to find when the time comes.

Just something to think about.
 
Shortstuff my brother and I were talking about that
the other day. Last March after we got water in the
basement as did many people, we installed a sump
pump in the basement floor. Rented a jackhammer
to make the hole then followed instructions I found
on the web to complete the project.
 
Shortstuff said:
Something else to start thinking about is the late winter, early spring thaw. With almost double our annual snowfall already (and more to come) any problems anyone has had with flooded cellars is probably going to be a lot worse this year. After shoveling all the snow off my roof(s) I know that I've got tons of snow within 10' of my foundation that I am already planning to remove as soon as I can to help lessen the impact of potential flooding.

There's a good chance that there's going to be a lot of people looking for a sump pump and they may be hard to find when the time comes.

Just something to think about.
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I have been saying the same thing to many people. I recently installed a Basement Watchdog Big Dog Backup Sump Pump and sistered it into my original 1/2 HP pump. I have always worried about sump pump failures or power outages flooding my basement. My basement doesn't flood but when the spring thaw happens or a real heavy 4 to 5 inch rainfall occurs I do get water in the sump pit and quickly at times. With my pellet stash right next to the sump I decided to install a backup system and not worry about it any more.
 

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Wilburg said:
Exactly! Let me know how you do tomorrow!
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Hello Wilburg

Well I finally did something.

Even though I liked your idea very much, I went with a Brass T and Boiler Drain above my Hot water Tank.

All I had to do is shut of the water and boiler and sweat it in! Also I can just hook up the hose and bring it right thru the garage and blast the front steps!
 

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Wow, nice work. I used the shower
Because I need tempered water
To wash my dogs.
 
Have hot and cold frost proof sillcocks in the garage and back of house by the hot tub.
 
Wilburg said:
Wow, nice work. I used the shower
Because I need tempered water
To wash my dogs.
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Thanks Wilburg

I also picked up one of these at Walgreens for $19.95 for the Garden Hose!

Water Jet
See >>> http://tinyurl.com/68sudmd

So with the pure Hot Water right from the Hot water Tank and the Pressure attachment it cuts thru the Ice like a Knife thru BUTTER !!
 

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