Spraying Hot Water Ice Damn Gutters

This method is more time consuming and will unfortunately waste quite a bit of water but it has been proven to be somewhat effective.

Spraying hot water ice damn gutters.

This can help loosen the ice and hopefully form a pathway for water to flow off the room. But unless a warming trend strikes your area the warm water will. Also it can lead to moisture of the insulation in the attic which can cause mildew and mold. Then spray the water along the ice to loosen it up.

This process took all day and was exhausting. You can see the hose above is connected to the roof rake to safely direct the water onto the dam. Gutter ice dams are thick pieces of solid ice that can loosen the shingles on your roof tear off your gutters and cause water to back up and stream into your house. If you have a hot water hookup you can spray your gutters with a stream of hot water.

A hose was hooked up the the hot water heater through a sink and hot water was routed onto the dam. Then i worked from back of the dam towards the eve melting away the bottom layer. This is known as an ice dam and it can allow water to back up behind it and. Spray the warm water onto the gutters until the melt shows water.

During the winter season in areas that experience freezing temperatures a ridge of ice may form on the edge of a roof. I started by melting away a channel in the ice dam for accumulated water to escape. Use your garden hose to deliver hot water to the ice dam starting at the top and working your way down. Obtain some hot or warm water and pour it into a spraying device of some kind large spray bottle lawn fertilizer canister etc.

Roof tablets and ice pick. With that in mind here is how to get rid of ice dams in gutters. The method used by the homeowner in the two pictures here was to melt the ice dams with hot water. Connect your garden hose to the laundry sink and turn on very warm water but not hot water because the spray could burn you and even cause other damage from the extreme temperature difference.

Take the garden hose with the spray gun on the end of it hook it up to the hot water spigot and go at it. Roof tablets made of magnesium or potassium help melt ice without wasting water. An ice dam is a condition that develops when the warm air in the home. A tankless water heater is key because you ll should be able to have a continuous flow of hot water.

If you have a tankless water heater try hooking up a hose to it and spraying hot water on a specific portion of your gutters. This method uses a lot of water but does work without harming your roof.