this is just great -NOT

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:51 am

this winter is so bad here with , cold ,snow .sleet ,ice
here we all have ice dams on the edge of are roofs . and i like most have overhangs and gutter . well i just woke up to a nice puddle of water sitting in my bay window . and water dripping out the light socket in the center of it ! (all i can do is clean up the puddle of water. sitting on the stool of the window and put a waste basket in there to grab the water till the temp.fall or it stops dripping .)

today the temp is up to 34 degrees and its no 11am yet .
this is going to blow big time for a lot of people. besides me in the snow belt states I'm sure !
this is the first time this has happen to my own home . but i have done a lot of service calls before for this work .and there is not a thing you can do till the crap thaws !
only good thing here is i should have a ton of work again this spring with roof/drywall /paint repairs
but if its happening to you it sure blows ! now i got a real taste of what my clients feel like !
so it may not be a 100 bad thing .just 99.9 % of a bad thing !

GOT TO LOVE WINTER AND ITS GLORY

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:43 am

it's just warm enough here that the ice damming is running off the roof - sposed to change to snow soon which should - home with 3 kids today who are out of their gourds with cabin fever

it will be cartoon network time if i can ever get them to finish their chores and quit squabbling

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:48 am

OH the Joys of So Calif. We got a lot of rain last night and the near by mountains got a foot of snow. However this morning here is Sunny, clear sky and headed toward a high of 62

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:30 pm

Thats why you install heat tape up and under the shingles so the ice won't form. Have it on our roof and never had a problem with the ice damming up.

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:11 pm

We've got the heat wire to melt the snow/ice, and a roof shovel to clear the snow off.
Water inside house sucks.

©LINT · Post by **©LINT** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 1:42 pm

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:59 pm

lol @ Clint
Niiiice

jadinolf · Post by **jadinolf** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 2:39 am

Red Dawn · Post by **Red Dawn** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:34 am

The constat howl of bone chilling wind is becoming a daily feature living here in the God Awful North East