09-03-2014, 03:20 PM
Ammo wrote:
Is it possible that the portico and roof work may be enough to solve the problem? We have a larger-sized portico, and except from ice storms, the steps under usually stay clear of from water off the roof. Snow will blow in under it, though.
We live in Minnesota and get a fair amount of bad winter weather. However, it seems like those of you who live out east have had worse winters than us in the past few years. Dry snow is much easier to manage than wet snow.
Salt and sand makes a mess, so I don't use it.
I don't think that the portico will cover all the steps, if I remember correctly but I will ask today), and I can't be sure the new roof will totally solve the ice dam problem. The contractor says if it's bad enough, they'll probably be some amount of ice damming. But he feels the portico will end the ice problem from the ice dam dripping onto the stoop. The heating rods were my idea as an extra measure to help solve the icing problem. The salt and my using an ice chipper to break up the over two inches of ice that was usually building up this year caused a lot of the damage. Maybe it's overkill but I'd hate to do all this and still have issues.