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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79988077  United States02/23/2021 01:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79436619 United States02/23/2021 01:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I completely spaced this past autumn and forgot to clean my gutters and downspouts. As a result, and because of the crazy amount of snow on my roof, one of my windows is leaking... Quoting: BoatyMcBoatface Does anyone know what I should do before it gets really bad? Go up there with a powerful gas blower and blow your gutters out then run a bead of indoor outdoor waterproof all around the gutter seam pronto before mold starts developing . Then get your faimily out of the house for a few hours and run the heat on like 90 to kill any mold that got started . You should be good . Isn't the issue when the ice pushes back under the shingles, or melts at the edge of the shingles? I don't see how waterproofing after the fact would help this. In fact it would slow the evaporation if anything. |
| WiscoSteve
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| BoatyMcBoatface
(OP) User ID: 77825331 United States02/23/2021 02:10 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You are right, it is an ICE DAM. I just had this happen myself. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79988077 I just got on the roof and shoveled all the snow off the area that drains into that gutter above the leak. It even stopped that afternoon! That's great news! And it's exactly what is being done now.. Thanks for the reassurance I'm taking the right steps. ```````````````` ````__/\__`````` ~~~\____/~~~~ .~~..~~~....~~~ ~..~~~....~~~~ Thoughts do not come from you nor God; you do not create thoughts; you are not your thoughts; every thought is a lie. - 2 Corinthians 10:5 - [link to www.biblegateway.com (secure)] |
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| BoatyMcBoatface
(OP) User ID: 77825331 United States02/23/2021 02:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | any "advice" not "device"  ```````````````` ````__/\__`````` ~~~\____/~~~~ .~~..~~~....~~~ ~..~~~....~~~~ Thoughts do not come from you nor God; you do not create thoughts; you are not your thoughts; every thought is a lie. - 2 Corinthians 10:5 - [link to www.biblegateway.com (secure)] |
| American Poet
User ID: 78830133 United States02/23/2021 02:16 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Engineer for a window manufacturer. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59052707 Please describe your issue. Sounds like water damming. Your roof should not be causing a leak into your window, unless you are talking about some form of a skylight. If it is your regular windows, then what type of window are we talking about ? Casement, Awning, Vertical Slider, Horizontal Slider ? Please more details. I can probably help. I'm certain that I'm dealing with an ice dam... I have a flat roof that is pitched downward toward this window at about 10 degrees. The gutter runs along that pitched side and there is definitely ice in the gutter. The window is original to the house which was built in the early 50's. Vertical slider. The leak is coming through the trim at the top of the window, which is further evidence of damming. Should I just get up there and try to break up the ice? I don't want to damage the roof as it's a rubber roof though, and I don't want to break the gutters.. Sounds like you may have water coming in through eaves and into your wall where the water is coming in (from top?) Use hot water to break the dam. Start at the downspout opening and move along. It takes about 1 hour to free a 20' gutter, I do mine regularly on south facing side. Likes to melt/freeze all the time, especially this winter. The ice will melt and you can pull it out in chunks, you free up the downspout for future water and it is all friendly, just a bit of labor. Also, at the base off your roof just before it meets the gutter, use hot water on that as well. You can also put calcium chloride in pantyhose/sock and position along your roof edge and this keeps dams from forming. The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. |
| American Poet
User ID: 78830133 United States02/23/2021 02:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I forgot to add that because you didnt clean prior to freeze, you may not get best results due to debris in your downspout, however, it will offer some relief for water to get through. Once your downspout is unfrozen, you can use a leaf blower from both bottom and top to help free debris. Good luck! The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. |
| BoatyMcBoatface
(OP) User ID: 77825331 United States02/23/2021 03:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I forgot to add that because you didnt clean prior to freeze, you may not get best results due to debris in your downspout, however, it will offer some relief for water to get through. Once your downspout is unfrozen, you can use a leaf blower from both bottom and top to help free debris. Quoting: American Poet Good luck! Hot water is a brilliant idea! Obvious even... Thanks! ```````````````` ````__/\__`````` ~~~\____/~~~~ .~~..~~~....~~~ ~..~~~....~~~~ Thoughts do not come from you nor God; you do not create thoughts; you are not your thoughts; every thought is a lie. - 2 Corinthians 10:5 - [link to www.biblegateway.com (secure)] |
| American Poet
User ID: 78830133 United States02/23/2021 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I forgot to add that because you didnt clean prior to freeze, you may not get best results due to debris in your downspout, however, it will offer some relief for water to get through. Once your downspout is unfrozen, you can use a leaf blower from both bottom and top to help free debris. Quoting: American Poet Good luck! Hot water is a brilliant idea! Obvious even... Thanks! Absolutely my pleasure. Be careful and it takes patience, but works brilliantly. If I can rig a hose to my faucet or get hot water outside, this will be an even easier operation in the future. Good Luck! The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. |
| BoatyMcBoatface
(OP) User ID: 77825331 United States02/23/2021 04:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The problem is solved! Thanks to my buddy who was able to take the time needed to clear snow on the roof and get the ice out of the gutter... Everything is back to normal minus an odd drip here or there. Thank you everyone for your input on solving this... I was really worried ```````````````` ````__/\__`````` ~~~\____/~~~~ .~~..~~~....~~~ ~..~~~....~~~~ Thoughts do not come from you nor God; you do not create thoughts; you are not your thoughts; every thought is a lie. - 2 Corinthians 10:5 - [link to www.biblegateway.com (secure)] |
