Fill the leg of discarded pair of panty hose with a calcium chloride ice melter.
How to melt ice dams in gutters.
All you need to do is fill an old pair with a calcium chloride ice melt.
Do not use rock salt.
Lay the hose onto the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter.
Then lay the pantyhose on the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter.
Melt it blowtorch method step 7 and the winner is.
De ice your gutters the secrets of ice dam removal step 1 give it the axe step 2 ice pick à la basic instinct step 3 roof tablets step 4 pantyhose filled with salt step 5 heated cables step 6 burn um.
If necessary use a long handled garden rake or hoe to push it into position.
It may sound absurd but a pair of pantyhose is a great way to break up ice dams before they become an issue on the gutter.
Melt troughs through the ice dam with calcium chloride ice melter.
Fill the leg of discarded pair of panty hose with a calcium chloride ice melter.
Roof rake step 8 hot water hose.
Lay the hose onto the roof so it crosses the ice dam and overhangs the gutter.
Fill these garments with a chemical de icer and seal off the ends.
This may take some time and require repositioning of the garments.
Hook up a garden hose to the hot water spigot that your washing machine is hooked up to.
Melt the ice with hot water.
It will slowly melt the ice and the substances will drain out of your gutters with the water.
Then lay them atop your ice filled gutters and allow the contents to leak through the stockings or hose and melt the ice.
Clear out gutters and downspouts.
Reuse old stockings or panty hose.
Run the other end of the hose into the gutter and turn on the water to melt the ice.