How To Roof A Hockey Puck

The picture below is the ice dam that fell off my roof after melting from below.

How to roof a hockey puck.

One of the more popular ways is to toss a throwable ice melting puck onto the roof. They rarely work and they damage your roof. It is formulated similar to the ingredients in the roof melt tablets so it won t harm your driveway or landscaping. Eliminate ice dams safely from the ground no need for a ladder extension equipment or other tools.

In fact any form of diy ice dam removal is unlikely to end well there s another reason not to throw salt on your roof and it s a big one. Calcium chloride is corrosive to certain types of metals. Potentially corrode roof nails. These products are specifically designed to be thrown up on roofs to melt ice in hard to reach places.

Over time salt pucks can discolor shingles and the runoff water can discolor your walkways too. Most roofing nails are made of galvanized iron and over time the calcium chloride in salt pucks will corrode these nails. I ordered extra to have on hand for the future. See below for a shopp.

Today kids i m going to show you how to unfuck your roof from ice dams if salt pucks are not available or you have a very delicate roof situation. These melted the ice dam from below allowing water to drain off the roof. Salty chemical filled water will almost certainly leak into your home. The hockey puck sized pellets only melted a whole in the ice or snow resulting in no improvement to eliminating ice dams or snow from the roof.

Roofmelt tablets work on contact with trapped water melting existing ice. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva explains the best ways to keep your roof and gutters free from those dreaded ice dams. Salt pucks and salt filled pantyhose are unwise approaches to ice dam removal. After doing as best i could i then placed more of the tablets in the problem areas with no improvement just holes where i had placed them.

The roof melt tabs melt through the ice to the roof and then drains under the ice instead of backing up into the attic. Ice melt is a good alternative. In the end i still had to remove the snow and ice. From roof rakes to hiring a contractor there are lots of ways to clear out ice dams.