Salt Sock Roof

If you put another sock on top if it all is melted andbyouncan remove sock one.

Salt sock roof. The roofmelt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow. If necessary use a long handled garden rake or hoe to push it into position. The socks will create melt a channel in the ice to allow the water to run off your roof instead of building up along the eaves and leaking inside. Rock salt can also leave permanent stains on your roof and walls.

Rock salt is common for de icing driveways and paths. Homeowners tend to install them and not look back. Next go up on the roof and put ice melt socks vertically one end onto the gutter and the other end up the roof slopes spacing them every 3 feet. More recently companies began selling ice melting pucks.

Filled with calcium chloride the sock melted ice and did create a channel for water to drain which was good. Filled with calcium chloride the sock melted ice and did create a channel for water to drain which was good. While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof. If you put another sock on top if it all is melted andbyouncan remove sock one.

It will damage the roofing siding gutters and downspouts and the poisonous runoff will kill foundation plants. It should be no surprise then that it is the first thing many people think of to remove ice dams. They work effectively in temperatures down to 25 f. One of the more popular ways is to toss a throwable ice melting puck onto the roof.

By pouring calcium chloride into this tube like form you can position it vertically over the dam with the sock s end hanging an inch or two over the roof edge and melt a tube like channel through. The problem is that the calcium chloride in the sock completely melts overnight and the sock is now frozen to the roof and can t be removed. However rock salt is a form of sodium chloride which corrodes metal including the metal nails holding your shingles in place. People have been making their own ice melt socks out of nylon socks and calcium chloride for a long time.

These products are specifically designed to be thrown up on roofs to melt ice in hard to reach places. Sodium chloride or rock salt is highly corrosive. The calcium chloride will eventually melt through the snow and ice and create a channel for water to flow down into the gutters or off the roof. The problem is that the calcium chloride in the sock completely melts overnight and the sock is now frozen to the roof and can t be removed.

A do not put salt on your roof. Lay the hose onto the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter.