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Join Date: May 2011
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Mid Roof Smart Vent and ice dams
I had SmartVents installled on my roof last year. I also have a Cobra Ridge vent, two 30" gable vents, as well as soffit vent baffles to allow my old soffit vent to breath. I installed a whole...
Started by rlamik on
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It would have been better to install better soffit or below/behindDid they install Ice and Water Shield over the Smart Vents?
Ed Do you have more than adequate attic the vents with the ice and....
Of ice dams and pools of water.
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Especially ones that are leaking...
Started by PatsPub&AutoShop on
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Couple of possibilities? above any windows? where ....
You really need to investigate what caused the ice dam in the first place.
Well I think there is no real way to get rid of an ice dam, just wait for warmer weather and sun.
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It wouldn't be a proper winter if there wasn't at least one thread on ice dams here on FM. Of course very few folks are going to be having problems this year unless there is a dramatic chance in the weather.
What's your favorite solution for ice dams?...
Started by Tom7227 on
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S 1.5 story (lots of these style homes have ice dam probs) I simply laid a heat cord (got one 100.
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Living in Massachusetts, I am getting hit hard with snow. I have a house whereby the west side does not get much sunlight. Therefore, I have ice forming where the dormers and roof meet. I assume these are ice dams. My fear is what happens when it melts...
Started by kproulx on
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Please let us....
The Roof Rake of Owens-Corning.
Thaw cycle that can contribute to the "Ice Dam" effect, and if a portion of the roof the Ice Dam area with a pole, then that might be an option to use a tool called Roof Rake.
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:03:39 -0500, "Robert11" <rgsros@xnotme.invalid
Hello,
Live in New England; typical Colonial.
Every few years it seems we get water damage due to "ice dams"
a. exactly what is the mechanism that causes these ?
What conditionsmust...
Started by Robert11 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
I used to have water runing inside the walls, now
Robert,
Ice ....
Refreezing under the shingles can also and they have virtually eliminated the ice dams.
It backs up behind the ice (dam) and
seeps under the shingles.
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Many of you might be aware of the whole WWII German dam busting project of the British, but a recent episode of Nova ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/b ... -dams.html ) featured a contemporary effort to reproduce the project (er...not with a real...
Started by thelaker on
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The footage of one of the tests.
They showed it on ice pilots nwt also.
About it in the podcast.
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Read a outdoornews article the other day about fishing below dam in the open water, it intrigued me... anyone ever do it? the author says his best luck is using a slip bobber with live bait
Started by Jmnhunter on
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There is no dams but the nuke plant keeps the water at around 50 to 60 degrees during the coldest part to a thread about fishing....
I ice fish a couple of the dams.
Minnows under bobbers.
Mixed in), below the Coon Rapids Dam.
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Among my favorite spots to ice fish are the tailwaters below the locks and dams at Dresbach/Lacrescent, Trempeleau, and Fountain City/Winona. In 1996 or 1997, I even got out on the ice above the "Y" at Red Wing, following a massive Arctic blast. Last ...
Started by 'eyehunter on
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Last winter the flow was too high to form safe ice below the dams; this winter it is simply too warm to give the lock and ....
Mw The lock and dam ice-fishing is looking like a bust for the second winter in a row.
This year.
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Quote: : Not to argue your point but I have never seen one on a drive by either
As I stated it is not exposed but more like a tunnel typically the snow goes up one side and down the other but if you were to look real close you would see that the vent ...
Started by mikec on
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Some CRAZY ice dams this year.
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I know we can debate for years as to which comes first atbthe eaves, drip edge or ice and water? it seems to be 50/50.. however, can it hurt to put ice and water first? some saynthe drip edge could lift?
second, if ice and water goes on first, you extend...
Started by enforcer on
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Ice dams way....
The conditions here are perfect for ice dams in winter.
An ice dam (which shouldn't happen anyways) in that picture posted above would weather conditions in northeast Ohio.
A metal fascia up here.
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