These products are specifically designed to be thrown up on roofs to melt ice in hard to reach places.
Roof ice melt socks.
Roofmelt begins to work when it comes into contact with snow and ice the roofmelt and water mixture begin to melt away the existing ice dam.
That path would then presumably be used as an escape route for water that may tend to get trapped behind the ice dam.
Salt socks work on the principle that the ice melting compound is contained in a linear form which when laid across an ice dam will melt a channel through the ice.
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People have been making their own ice melt socks out of nylon socks and calcium chloride for a long time.
Melt the ice dam with calcium chloride socks.
Filled with calcium chloride the sock melted ice and did create a channel for water to drain which was good.
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1 a few pairs of nylon stockings.
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Calcium chloride is the same stuff used for melting ice on driveways and sidewalks but don t just sprinkle it on the ice dam.
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2 a bucket bag of calcium chloride ice melt.
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.
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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.
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.
If you put another sock on top if it all is melted andbyouncan remove sock one.
Water drains from the roof to the ground the ice dam and snow are safely eliminated.
One of the more popular ways is to toss a throwable ice melting puck onto the roof.
If you put another sock on top if it all is melted andbyouncan remove sock one.