How To Get Heavy Snow Off Roof

A man shared a video of how he uses a rope as well as a hammer to lessen the deep layer of snow up on his roof.

How to get heavy snow off roof.

First he climbs the roof while carrying a long rope and hammer. We ve featured an effective snow removal tool before but this version makes a pretty big adjustment. First you should tie your hammer on to one end of the rope creating a makeshift weight. To calculate the snow load on your.

Instead of pulling the snow off your roof you re just sliding under the snow with a tarp that. Next we see a man attaching heavy duty pieces of string to the strategic high points of the roof. Use direct vent mechanical appliances that vent through the wall when possible. Secondly as mentioned before leave a thin layer of snow if you don t you might damage the tiles and cause leaks through the roofing.

An ice dam is just what it sounds like ice build up that blocks off sections of. He ties the rope s ends with the hammer so that it won t be easy to lose. Prevent ice dams with heating cables. The roof deck collects the snow load and transfers the weight to the rafters.

Common sense would suggest that snow accumulation on a roof is a bad thing. Calculate snow load on your roof. Your roof probably needs to be shoveled a after a storm drops too much snow for you to remove with a rake b if the snow is too heavy or hardened for your roof rake or c if your roof is too large or tall for you to be able to rake it. For any rafter the portion of the roof deck that transfers this load is the tributary area.

It extends outward in both. Using a hammer a ladder and rope this homeowner has devised an effortless way to clear your roof of snow. Try to combine roof penetrations for plumbing and hvac vents. If you just push it over the edge be very careful that it doesn t land on people passing by or on cars as the effect is similar to a small avalanche.

How to keep your roof clear of snow 1. This move sends a mini avalanche of snow from the roof barreling to the ground. You should also consider where to put all the snow from your roof. Routing them to a central chimney helps limit cluttering the roof with vents that sliding snow can damage.

And after coming down he simply pulls the remainder of the hanging string.