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What's up with the weather?

No gutters, they would get ripped right off. No one here has them. Our house was built in 1923, the walls were cellulose blown but the roof/attic has not been insulated. I need to get up there and do that. There was 18" of snow on top of 3" of ice. You should have heard it slide! Sounded like a train crashing into a volcano. All clear now tho!
 
No insulation in the attic!?  No wonder you have to deal with roof dams.  We had them our first winter in this house, and we had minimal insulation up there too.  The problem stopped once we had our insulation redone though.
 
Yeah, it's not a good situation. -17° outside, 72° inside with a metal roof. The condensation UNDER the roof turns into icicles right where the porch roof meets the house roof. $85 of insulation would fix the problem. I just need to get off my ass and do it. It would also help to keep the house cooler in the summer!
 
Can you even put in insulation under those harsh weather conditions?  We had to wait until the weather warmed up to do ours, to make sure there was no ice/water buildup in the attic.
 
Exactly. I need to wait until it thaws and dries out which means it will be hot AF up there. Probably why I haven't done it in 3 years. There is also like an inch thick layer of Hores frost on the under side of the roof where the worst heat loss is. I'm sure running our humidifiers doesn't help with that. Heat loss + moisture = bad scenario. There's probably bats and shit living up there too. LOLOL
 
Wow, I live in the Land of the Great Two Ton Ice Dam, and there is one way to prevent them. Insulate & vent.

Then again, if you have a tin roof....Invest in Pam. And duck a lot.

We had 16" of blown-in in ours, two years ago ADDED 19" more, no ice damming since. If the heat from inside can't get up there, there is no way for ice damming to occur.

Except of course if you get three inches of freezing rain first. But that should still not slide if the heat from inside isn't getting to the rafters to melt it loose.....
Scoville DeVille said:
Exactly. I need to wait until it thaws and dries out which means it will be hot AF up there. Probably why I haven't done it in 3 years. There is also like an inch thick layer of Hores frost on the under side of the roof where the worst heat loss is. I'm sure running our humidifiers doesn't help with that. Heat loss + moisture = bad scenario. There's probably bats and shit living up there too. LOLOL
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Scovie, YOU gotta do more than insulate, and boy will you hate this: seal the lid. Some electric co-ops offer a free inspection, finding all those sneaky breaches, some you'd never suspect. We had an uninsulated chimney cause all kinds of problems, it was cheaper to remove than seal and insulate. We save a lot on heating too by not losing heat to the attic. But it weren't no fun, boy.....
 
-35c right now and we have had at least 12" snow in the last couple days. This month has been the coldest and most snow so far :(
 
I'm over it Dragon. -7 right now and over a foot of new snow this week with more predicted through the weekend. I don't now what the cumulative snow amount is for the year but there is well over 3 feet measurable on the ground. I love winter and all but, I'M OVER IT!!!
I do love snow blowing tho, that shit is fun!

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     :rofl: :rofl: They definitely seem to be compensating for something. All I hear is "Notice me! Notice me! Hey! Look at me!"
 
     My wife and I saw a bald eagle circling above our house when we got back from a walk a minute ago. That's gotta be a good sign. Or maybe just a sign that it's time to turn the compost heap.
 
I had to break down and buy some ice melter. I hate that shit but we had the same thing about a week ago. Right in front of our door walkway. And I refuse to wear corks to walk 10 feet. LOL

For all you people in Florida, Corks:
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Holy shit we've been getting a lot of rain this year! And then it rained after it rained and it'll rain some more before we get more rain.
 
My local lake is gonna spill down the "Glory Hole" for the first time in over ten years  :shocked:
here's what it looks like spilling 
 
https://youtu.be/-K_8R03jIZI
 
hogleg said:
Holy shit we've been getting a lot of rain this year! And then it rained after it rained and it'll rain some more before we get more rain.
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That's so cool! I bet it would be fun to swim around.

NOT!!! LOL
 
Scoville DeVille said:
I can't believe they don't have chains and shit around that damm thing. Children could get killed! Or even worse! lol
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I think only one person has been sucked down the glory hole and killed in its history.
 
But the zodiac killer struck once at the lake, so it has that going for it  :crazy:
 
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