The roofmelt and water mixture begin to melt away from the bottom up the existing ice dam.
Roof melt pucks review.
They do not work as well as the sock and can easily be blown off the roof.
I have used several buckets of these ice melt pucks.
The roofmelt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
My roof melt review 2019 montana snow.
They do not work.
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.
They work effectively in temperatures down to 25 f.
Most salt pucks use calcium chloride to melt ice which can cause numerous issues down the line.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.
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.
They melt a small hole straight through the ice where they are sitting and that is where they stay without melting the snow or ice off the roof.
We put these as 9 because they are not very effective.
I hope this helps.
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.
They will melt some of the snow and dissolve in the liquid created from this melting.
Roofmelt begins to work when it comes into contact with snow and ice.
It comes in smaller granulated pieces so it s easy to spread on various areas whereas roof melt comes in large tablets.
The roofmelt tablet then melts it s way down and settles on the roofs surface.
You toss these pucks on the roof behind the ice dam.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
But are they doing more harm than good.
It is made from calcium chloride and is sold online or at home improvement stores.
This product is the same as ice melting socks above.
We use this when doing snow removal and it works great.
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.
They are very expensive and don t work.
Water drains from the roof to the ground.