Purchase the salt you d use to melt ice on a sidewalk or driveway from a local hardware or big box store.
Throw ice melt on roof.
Toss roof melt into the gutters as well.
This is a great way to get the water flowing if you have ice buildup.
An ice dam can easily be made of hundreds of gallons of water so melting it all requires a lot of salt.
Secure shingle clips to roof shingles using a flathead screwdriver making sure to align them in a zigzag pattern.
Wrap on roof and gutter cable ice and snow melt part 1.
Clip in the cable along the same zigzag pattern as the shingle clips.
These melted the ice dam from below allowing water to drain off the roof.
This will melt a channel to allow water to safely run off your roof and break up the dam for manual removal.
Try to cover your roof in an even layer of the deicer.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.
The roof melt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow.
I ordered extra to have on hand for the future.
There truly is no wrong way to do this.
2 a bucket bag of calcium chloride ice melt.
Instead fill old pantyhose with the calcium chloride and lay it across the dam.
Distribute roof melt tablets evenly around the perimeter of the roof either near the eaves or near the gutters to assist with ice reduction.
Cut the leg part off the stockings and fill them up with 2 3 pounds of ice melt and tie the ends.
Next go up on the roof and put ice melt socks vertically one end onto the gutter and the other end up the roof slopes spacing them every 3 feet.
Wrap on roof and gutter cable ice and snow melt part 1.
In this video master electrician for ask this old house scott caron helps a homeowner install heat cables on his roof to stop ice dams.
Wear gloves to protect your hands from the chemicals and throw small handfuls of the deicer onto the roof so it can start melting the snow.
They work effectively in temperatures down to 25 degree fahrenheit.
But if you ve let your ice dam fester for so long that you can t even get a credible ice dam company to help you because they re booked solid salt may help you emerge from your diy ice dam removal adventure as unscathed as possible.
Reapply the tablets as needed.
Again for the most part you don t want to throw any type of ice melt product on your roof.
