[AT] Snow load

[Mark Greer]

Where do you get the ice dams you mentioned and how are they attached? My
shop is 32x44 with 2ft overhang front and back and 1ft overhang on the ends
and 5:12 pitch. The snow piles up on top and on a sunny winter day it is
scary to walk in and out of the front or back of the building because the
snow slides off in BIG sheets as the roof warms in the sun (its dark green).
I got hit in the back by one of these avalanches last winter and it knocked
me to my knees. It didn't hurt me too badly but I did cuss like a sailor for
a while. My kids could get seriously hurt if they got hit like I did.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren F. Smith" <WarrenSmith at PalmettoBuilders.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:29 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Snoow load


> I'm thinking that heating the underside would convert the snow to a solid
> sheet of ice and invite it to wick up into every crack and crevice, but it
> never gets all that cold here. When we get an ice/sleet storm here though
> all the 3:12 and 4:12 shingled roofs in town seem to spring leaks at the
> same time as the melting water leeches up under the shingles. a roof rake
or
> a leaf blower might be a better way to go. I know that around here on
> 'slick' roofs like slate or metal we commonly install ice dams to keep
solid
> sheets of ice from melting and sliding off and removing the gutters!
>
> Warren