While safely on the ground toss a roofmelt tablet onto the roof.
Can you use ice melt on a rubber roof.
This will melt a channel to allow water to safely run off your roof and break up the dam for manual removal.
The roofmelt ice melt is designed to eliminate the need to climb onto roofs while melt snow.
Distribute roof melt tablets evenly around the perimeter of the roof either near the eaves or near the gutters to assist with ice reduction.
There are many things you need to be aware of when installing a roof heat cable so first read the installation manual and watch some youtube videos on how to do this the right and safe way.
As long as careful with the torch the water will prevent the torch from causing damage.
Toss roof melt into the gutters as well.
Instead fill old pantyhose with the calcium chloride and lay it across the dam.
The tablets help prevent roof damage by melting through ice dams and allowing water to drain safely.
An ice dam can easily be made of hundreds of gallons of water so melting it all requires a lot of salt.
What about shoveling off the snow and if possible use a water hose to melt the ice have guys follow with the use of floor squeeges to dry off the rubber.
There truly is no wrong way to do this.
While it may seem like the perfect solution to ice dam formation heat cables come with quite a few disadvantages as well.
Depending on roof size.
Heat cables can be installed to minimize ice formation and retention on roofs with them you can prevent a lot of damage to your roof that can result from the buildup of ice dams.
They work effectively in temperatures down to 25 f.