What does 500 cubic feet of compressed damp snow look like?
500 square feet is about a 1/3 of my roof area, which is what was shoveled into this pile 20 feet below me.
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| 5 foot high pile of snow and ice |
I didn't know either but I found out after a couple of back to back snow storms. With temps hovering between 30 and 34 degrees Fahrenheit, my gutters were forming ice blocks and I was concerned about ice dams on my flat roof. I climbed on up and shovel all three roofs. Glad that I did, since I found a good quarter inch ice under a foot of snow accumulation.
After 2 hours of shoveling I have bare roof across the whole house, and the roof was drying and the gutter ice was melting nicely.
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| Top level |
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| Lower levels |
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On the plus side this afternoon was about 35 degrees and I have a nice view from the roofs.
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