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How to remove snow from the roof with your own hands

To a certain extent, snow cover can serve as a heater in the winter. Problems begin when there is a large amount of precipitation. Their significant weight can damage the entire structure. Also, the layers can thaw and build up, which can lead to damage to the roof. To prevent all this from happening, you need to know how to remove snow from the roof with your own hands.

Special fixtures

If you live in a private house, then cleaning the roofs will not cause great difficulties, as it may seem at once. To do this, you can build a few simple devices. In most cases, simply prying off the top layer is enough, and it can already entail everything else.

  • If you have a personal plot, then there must be a chopper available. It is necessary to take it and close the blade with a plastic or wooden lining. To do this, you can make a small cut half the depth in the bar and fix it with plastic ties. Now you need to lengthen the handle. This can be done with an aluminum or other light alloy tube. For such purposes, a wooden holder of a large length is also suitable. Next, using this tool, carefully pry off the layers and pull them together. It is important to stand at a sufficient distance so that you yourself are not covered.
  • The next option would be a similar design, but instead of a chopper blade, you can take a piece of a sheet of corrugated board or a tin, fix it perpendicular to the holder at the end and clean it in the same way.
  • You can make another simple device. To do this, we need a steel wire with a diameter of more than 10 mm. It is necessary to make a rectangle from it. Its sides can be 30 × 20 cm, 40 × 30 cm. They are selected depending on the circumstances. It must be done in such a way that the two ends converge towards the middle and they can be bent at an angle of 90˚ for a branch, which will then be fixed to the bar. The result should be a bent net of a rectangular shape. On the underside of the frame, it is necessary to fix a PVC sheet or a thick oilcloth, which will be the same in width as the large side of the rectangle, and 1.5–2 m in length. Cleaning is done as follows: the device must be positioned so that the film is at the bottom. We move our tool so that the layers of snow pass through the net. Once on the oilcloth, they will freely roll down. Thus, in several passes it is possible to remove all or part of the precipitation from the roof.

If there is no desire to do something with your own hands, then you can purchase a finished design. In appearance, it usually resembles a curved snow shovel with a telescopic handle. The canvas is made of plastic, so it is lightweight and can be easily lifted to roof level.

Device in action:

For this option, we need ordinary plastic bottles (better if it is possible to use plastic canisters), as well as a strong rope. The length of the rope should be several meters longer than the size of two roof slopes.

  • We cut off the neck from bottles or canisters. The total length can be up to 10 cm. It makes no sense to make too much, because. they will bend.
  • We select a drill according to the diameter of the rope and drill a hole in the lid. You can do it with a knife. We put the cover on the rope and tie knots on both sides so that it is fixed.
  • If desired, sharp teeth can be cut on the cuts of the bottle so that a better grip occurs.
  • We wind the neck that we cut off onto the lid. We place everything in such a way that at one end of the extension of the cover look up. At the second end, we place everything in the same way, but we turn the bottles in the opposite direction.
  • The distance between these two parts should be equal to the length of the roof slope. It is better not to reduce it so as not to cling to the skate when performing the task.
  • If bottles were used rather than canisters, then several of these ropes can be made and tied into a knot around the edges.
  • Then we throw the rope over the roof and with our friend or life partner we pull the rope. Thus, we can remove the thickness of the snow.

If there is no one who could hold the second end, then you can hook the middle of the structure to the chimney or other stand and independently pull the edges of the rope alternately.

We heat the roof

It is important to know that this method is not suitable for all types of roofing. Some floorings from a sharp temperature drop can simply burst and will do more harm than good. Others can ignite easily. For such purposes, it is sometimes advised to use a building hair dryer. But imagine how much you have to run and stay on the roof to warm up the whole thing. Please note that this method will be available if you have an attic that is not used as an attic, and the roof itself is not insulated around the perimeter of the flooring.

  • To achieve maximum results, use heat guns. It is better if these are electrical units.
  • Do not use devices that have open flames.
  • The place of heating must be changed at regular intervals, otherwise an unnecessary temperature difference may occur.
  • Always stay close to the instrument to take action in case of an unexpected situation.
  • Provide good ventilation. During operation, heaters very quickly absorb oxygen from the air.

Sometimes cleaning the roof from snow and ice can be done with a puncher or a chisel with a hammer. This happens when the frozen layer has already reached a sufficient thickness and can injure others when sliding. In other situations, you can go with the standard method. To do this, you will need a shovel and a long ladder that can be raised to the ridge. You just need to climb up and throw off the snow.

This should be done very carefully so that the layers do not begin to shift and do not knock you along with the stepladder. Use safety straps. You can speed up the melting of snow by installing a heating cable system in advance. In this case, you do not have to make any special efforts - just click the toggle switch. Collected snow can be taken to the garden or flower beds. Subsequently, it will become a source of moisture.