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Thread #127076 Message #2834508
Posted By: Donuel
09-Feb-10 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
Subject: RE: BS: Blizzard coming to DC area?
As I posted earlier the roof failures are now beggining.
I made a roof snow rake out of 3 pvc pipes and t fittings and u fittings glued with pvc cement and steel duct tape. The middle is double 3/4 tubing bound by duct tape so it does not bend too much. On the rake end I strung nylon string like a snow shoe lace. It is 30 feet long and flexible enough to work on a second story. On one story roofs it will go all the way to the crest. It takes 30 minutes to make.
The average house here has 6 tons of snow on it. Another 20 inches will compromise many more roofs.