Yes, that is the stuff, I think it is dyed green. It works wonders ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spiro" <sp...@iamspiro.com> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea.
Is it a blue-ish color? I pay $18 and get it shipped to me as I haven't access often. That's the stuff I took with me in a brown bag in my pcket three times to work this week and dumped handfuls where needed so I wouldn't slide twice. Great stuff. On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Lenny McHugh wrote: > The ice melt that I use is called majestic. It also is safe for pets, > kids, > lawns and carpets. I purchased mine at Lowes for $15 for a 50 pound bag. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spiro" <sp...@iamspiro.com> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:16 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Great idea. > > > insurance companies are slow to cover a residence with a flat roof for > theis reason. > Professional ice melt is quoted down to -12 but I think it's more > accurately trusted to 0. > I tossed some onto my auning and there are no icycles after the first > day. Don't know what ths aalts will do to your structures, but the Ice > Melt (mcmater Carr supply) is safe for lawns, pets, and sidewalks. > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Dan Rossi wrote: > >> Well, this was all good fun anyway. Yes, your run of the mill hand held >> torch will do very little against any real mass of ice, as many people in >> the area are finding out. My neighbors and I have kicked around a number >> of concepts for bleeding off the water in the ice dams along our >> roof-lines. Anywhere from hooking up a hose to the hot water tap and >> strapping the hose to a long pipe. To dumping calcium chloride in a few >> key spots. >> >> I personally know three people who have already had major ceiling damage >> caused by ice dams on their roofs. >> >> There are some pretty serious icicles hanging off the buildings around >> campus. Apparently, one building has icicles that grew curved due to >> some >> strong wind funneling in the area. My buddy says they are about 8 to 10 >> feet long and curved so they look like a long row of pretty serious >> teeth. >> >> Oh well. Guess I'll just go out with a shovel over the weekend and hack >> a >> path through the worst parts of the sidewalks. >> >> -- >> Blue skies. >> Dan Rossi >> Carnegie Mellon University. >> E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list > just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4881 (20100219) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links __________ NOD32 4881 (20100219) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
