Here are four reasons salt pucks are bad for your roof.
Roof melt pucks review.
The roofmelt tablet then melts it s way down and settles on the roofs surface.
They do not work as well as the sock and can easily be blown off the roof.
You toss these pucks on the roof behind the ice dam.
This product is the same as ice melting socks above.
I hope this helps.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
The roofmelt and water mixture begin to melt away from the bottom up the existing ice dam.
I have used several buckets of these ice melt pucks.
They are very expensive and don t work.
There are mixed reviews about ice melting pucks on sites like amazon and among home improvement experts.
They will melt some of the snow and dissolve in the liquid created from this melting.
It comes in smaller granulated pieces so it s easy to spread on various areas whereas roof melt comes in large tablets.
They do not work.
Water drains from the roof to the ground.
We use this when doing snow removal and it works great.
My roof melt review 2019 montana snow.
Most salt pucks use calcium chloride to melt ice which can cause numerous issues down the line.
The roofmelt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow.
Salt pucks are supposed to eliminate the need to climb onto your roof and are designed to melt snow and ice before ice dams can form.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.
This water mixture will then drain down the roof to the ice dam and work its way through to the gutter or edge of the roof creating a tiny path for water to drain away.
It is made from calcium chloride and is sold online or at home improvement stores.
But are they doing more harm than good.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
We put these as 9 because they are not very effective.
Roofmelt begins to work when it comes into contact with snow and ice.
Another complaint users have is that they melt around themselves instead of creating a wide path for water to escape as an ice melt sock does.
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.