One of the more popular ways is to toss a throwable ice melting puck onto the roof.
How to roof a hockey puck.
Contains 95 percent of calcium chloride and works down to 20 degrees f.
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Apply 1 tablet on every sqft of problem area.
Roofmelt tablets work on contact with trapped water melting existing ice.
They rarely work and they damage your roof.
In fact any form of diy ice dam removal is unlikely to end well there s another reason not to throw salt on your roof and it s a big one.
Comes in a 14 lb pail and is an estimated 60 pucks per container.
Eliminate ice dams safely from the ground no need for a ladder extension equipment or other tools.
Salt pucks and salt filled pantyhose are unwise approaches to ice dam removal.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
Begins working within 1 hour of application.
Fortunately a few basic steps are all that stand in the way of understanding the concept behind lifting the puck and the strategies involved in making it happen.
Today kids i m going to show you how to unfuck your roof from ice dams if salt pucks are not available or you have a very delicate roof situation.
Roofmelt begins to work when it comes into contact with snow and ice the roofmelt and water mixture begin to melt away the existing ice dam.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
Salty chemical filled water will almost certainly leak into your home.
Roofmelt tablet then melts its way down and settles on the roofs surface.