Posted on 03/09/2023 7:21:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Friends in MN have overwide hoes with very long handles. The ofter pull the snow off their roofs with those thangs. Beats having it piled up in your LR, and no longer a roof over your head.
Our one house in NY was very tall and had a steep pitch, so I get that.
However, the snow was more likely to slide off.
The other house was much better and mr. mm would put up the extension ladder and climb that part of the roof, while I would climb out the bathroom window to get the porch roof.
I’m sure some houses can’t be easily or safely cleared, but the image of the house in post one, indicates that it could be cleared to some degree. Especially that deck.
This is why A-frames with metal roofs are a good idea in the mountains.
My family has a cabin in the Lakes Basin area (about 40 miles out of Truckee on Hwy 49). It was not built with a steeply pitched roof, and I have to wonder if it survived the winter. It was built in the late 40s to early 50s, so it’s pretty old, too.
Rule number 1 - steep roofs
Rule number 2 - metal roofs
Rule number 3 - back to rule number 1 and 2 if there are problems.
Easier said than done.
The trusses can fail no way to really brace them.
Been there done that.
signed *veteran roof shoveller*
And sometimes you just have to keep at it instead of letting it get so bad that your house looks like the picture in post 1.
Someone could easily have cleaned off the deck a few times to prevent that kind of snow load.
Yea, I do wonder about low pitched roof’s in places that are prone to large quantities of snow....
And FLAT ROOFS? God bless ya... I’ve been waiting for the first pictures of various strip malls and box stores with their ceilings collapsed to come in
Maybe a net shooting gun with a rope?
or a bow with an arrow tied to a net on a line?
or a grappling hook launcher with the expanding metal hook swapped out with plastic arms and netting?
You are right about metal roofs in snow country, snow just slides off them and the reflection from the sun aids in melting.
Wow, that's a lot of weight, at least until the snow slides off. I'm curious... How big are the house joists there? In MA, 2 x 10 on 18 inch centers is common.
It is the Pineapple Express.
Big one.
On top of huge snowfall.
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Depends what they’re made of and how much you can spread the load. Probably too late to do much by tonight anyway.
Sissyjane, I hope everything holds.
A Frame with a steep metal roof.
That is above my pay grade. I don’t know how it’s built, just clean it. 😂😊
I’ve got an Avalanche brand rake very similar to the one pictured and it works as easily as shown. I used to have an aluminum roof rake where you you scraped the snow and it would about kill me with the amount of effort to take snow off. The Avalanche is easy to use and low effort.
The unkept home is likely a vacation home with an absentee homeowner. It could be that the crew is so busy that they haven’t been able to get to the house or deck.
I helped a former employer shovel snow for 10 days last winter during the latter part of Dec., in Mammoth Lakes, CA. The town received between 14’ & 16’ that month. The pay rate was $28 an hour. Due to supply and demand, it’s $40 an hour at this time.
Typically, an equipment operator will snow blow all the driveways under a given caretaker contractor’s watch.
Then a team will show up and remove snow from in front of the garage doors, the steps or stairs, and the front porch and door.
The next round involves shoveling off the decks. There can be front and back decks. Also 1st & 2nd story decks. Then, the propane tanks have to be dug out. Last, or first, the roofs have to be cleared depending on conditions.
I got contacted earlier this year to help shovel snow. I respectfully declined.
I might try it for $40/hr. Work until my left arm goes numb, then take a five-minute break.
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