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How do you remove ice jams on the corners of your roof?

We're close to getting 100 inches of snow this year and it's not 100 inches on the roof but we have some serous ice jams up there and it's causing some leaking into the house and the ceiling is cracking. I tried using one of them there roof rakes but I could only get the loose stuff (snow, loose ice) off the edges of the roof.

what say you?

I salted mine when that happened, to break up the ice dams ... and then had the roof replaced the next summer with a 2 layer roof that doesn't let ice dams form in the first place.

Ooh! Salt! I hadn't thought of that.

thanks!

would regular old kosher salt do it? or sea salt?

Both. Quickly.

I'd call a professional to deal with it and find out why you are having ice jams.

There's one for the professional...

Yes doctor.. I.. umm... have *mumble*.
...What?
I have.... *whispers* ice jams.
...Where?

lmao ... Sea Salt ... Either you're joking (I really can't tell) or you're very new to cold weather locations. The kind of salt you buy at the hardware store specifically for putting down on sidewalks. Hell, in my neighborhood, they sell 50lb. bags of it @ the grocers to.

Here http://www.amazon.com/North-American-Sa ... 421&sr=8-1

just a quick search on Amazon.com for "snow melt"

I've used a heat gun (it looks like a hair dryer but runs hotter) in an emergency, but you have to be careful not to melt the shingles.. Wouldn't recommend using a propane torch. That can start a fire.

Z

I'd get up there, and try to re-design the edge so it doesn't jam up ! !!

(Bloody hell, how much snow ???)