This product is the same as ice melting socks above.
Roof ice melt pucks.
They do not work as well as the sock and can easily be blown off the roof.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.
Most salt pucks use calcium chloride to melt ice which can cause numerous issues down the line.
Water drains from the roof to the ground.
These products are specifically designed to be thrown up on roofs to melt ice in hard to reach places.
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This water mixture will then drain down the roof to the ice dam and work its way through to the gutter or edge of the roof creating a tiny path for water to drain away.
And the folks that don t yet have a leaky roof salt doesn t usually melt ice quickly enough to prevent a roof leak from occurring.
They will melt some of the snow and dissolve in the liquid created from this melting.
Here are four reasons salt pucks are bad for your roof.
Toss one tablet for approximately every square foot of problem area.
Mat melts 2 inches of snow per hour buy factory direct 5 ft.
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We put these as 9 because they are not very effective.
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Because most often the folks that use salt pucks and or salt filled pantyhose already have a leaky roof hence the reason they re resorting to these dire straights diy tactics.
Salt pucks seem convenient and simple enough to use but if you like your roof s color you may want to steer clear of them.
The roofmelt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow.
You toss these pucks on the roof behind the ice dam.
Rhs snow melting system roof and valley snow melting mats sizes 5 feet x 13 inches color black ul components 5 ft.
Offers ice melting tablets used to remove snow and ice build up from the roof.
More recently companies began selling ice melting pucks.
60 count roof melt tablet designed to prevent damage to roofs from ice dams made from calcium chloride easy to use simply toss a roof melt tablet on the roof let it do the work no ladders or extension equipment needed proven reliable inexpensive products toss 1 tablet on every sqft of problem area begins working the hour after applied to problem area no long term adverse effects to the roof or surrounding area bucket.
The roofmelt and water mixture begin to melt away from the bottom up the existing ice dam.
It is made from calcium chloride and is sold online or at home improvement stores.
The ice dam and snow are safely eliminated.
So if you ve used salt pucks and you end up with a roof leak anyway as i expect you will the leaking water will carry some of the salt with it.
Roofmelt begins to work when it comes into contact with snow and ice.
People have been making their own ice melt socks out of nylon socks and calcium chloride for a long time.
