I'm vaguely aware of roof rakes, but I don't know that I've ever actually seen one. Something for me to consider, although I'd need to take a look at the angles and make sure it's actually plausible that even 25' is long enough. (The angle of the roof is a bit shallow, and it's two stories up, so I might have to stand a fair ways back to get a good enough angle.)
electric heating cable *can* be useful, once the dam is gone, to prevent reoccurence, by running it THROUGH the gutter AND downspout.
We actually have this in one of the *back* gutters of the house -- indeed, a fairly ridiculous length of it, judging from how many times it seems to loop around in the gutter. It came with the house, but I haven't actually used it much because it makes me a little suspicious: it draws so much current that I can actually see the lights dim, which smells like a possible short to me. (Although it may just be that it's way too *much* heat cable for the purpose.)
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Date: 2007-12-21 01:43 pm (UTC)I'm vaguely aware of roof rakes, but I don't know that I've ever actually seen one. Something for me to consider, although I'd need to take a look at the angles and make sure it's actually plausible that even 25' is long enough. (The angle of the roof is a bit shallow, and it's two stories up, so I might have to stand a fair ways back to get a good enough angle.)
electric heating cable *can* be useful, once the dam is gone, to prevent reoccurence, by running it THROUGH the gutter AND downspout.
We actually have this in one of the *back* gutters of the house -- indeed, a fairly ridiculous length of it, judging from how many times it seems to loop around in the gutter. It came with the house, but I haven't actually used it much because it makes me a little suspicious: it draws so much current that I can actually see the lights dim, which smells like a possible short to me. (Although it may just be that it's way too *much* heat cable for the purpose.)