How To Melt Ice Dams In Gutters

Roof rake step 8 hot water hose.

How to melt ice dams in gutters.

Melt troughs through the ice dam with calcium chloride ice melter. Then lay them atop your ice filled gutters and allow the contents to leak through the stockings or hose and melt the ice. This may take some time and require repositioning of the garments. All you need to do is fill an old pair with a calcium chloride ice melt.

It may sound absurd but a pair of pantyhose is a great way to break up ice dams before they become an issue on the gutter. Reuse old stockings or panty hose. Lay the hose onto the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter. If necessary use a long handled garden rake or hoe to push it into position.

Fill the leg of discarded pair of panty hose with a calcium chloride ice melter. Then lay the pantyhose on the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter. Clear out gutters and downspouts. Fill the leg of discarded pair of panty hose with a calcium chloride ice melter.

Fill these garments with a chemical de icer and seal off the ends. It will damage paint metals and plants beneath the eave and wherever the salty water drains. It will slowly melt the ice and the substances will drain out of your gutters with the water. If necessary use a long handled garden rake or hoe to push it into position.

Hook up a garden hose to the hot water spigot that your washing machine is hooked up to. Do not use rock salt. Lay the hose onto the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter. Again this is ladder work and an easy way to damage either plastic or metal gutters and spouts.

De ice your gutters the secrets of ice dam removal step 1 give it the axe step 2 ice pick à la basic instinct step 3 roof tablets step 4 pantyhose filled with salt step 5 heated cables step 6 burn um.