We put these as 9 because they are not very effective.
Roof melt pucks review.
There are mixed reviews about ice melting pucks on sites like amazon and among home improvement experts.
Water drains from the roof to the ground.
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.
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.
This product is the same as ice melting socks above.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.
One issue is that their lightweight nature makes it easier for them to get blown off a roof.
They do not work.
They do not work as well as the sock and can easily be blown off the roof.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
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.
It comes in smaller granulated pieces so it s easy to spread on various areas whereas roof melt comes in large tablets.
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.
You toss these pucks on the roof behind the ice dam.
Most salt pucks use calcium chloride to melt ice which can cause numerous issues down the line.
While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
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.
Roofmelt begins to work when it comes into contact with snow and ice.
We use this when doing snow removal and it works great.
I hope this helps.
Here are four reasons salt pucks are bad for your roof.
They will melt some of the snow and dissolve in the liquid created from this melting.
The roofmelt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow.
They are very expensive and don t work.
