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To: 2Jedismom

Well, phooey, it sounds like a real mess. At least it's draining. You may not remember but the week before Entmoot we had a cold snap here and we had gotten a lot of snow and then it started raining. The gutters and downspouts were clogged, and ice dams formed at the edge of the roof. This roof isn't slanted enough, water was pooling up there... so much it was tweaking the whole house, we could barely get the door open. We went up and hacked at the ice dams until we broke them through and water could pour out. Never had that happen before, part of the problem was needles and moss on the roof too, slowing the drainage...It wasn't good, I think it was > < that close to collapsing... that's why we wanted to clean the roof after this last wind storm and get all those branches and needles off.


4,279 posted on 01/23/2007 9:53:54 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

That's what this is...an ice dam. You know what I'm talking about.

Yep...it's draining, right into the shop. But the thing is...this really is just a pole barn. A duded-up pole barn...the carpeting is indoor/outdoor, so that won't be a problem to just vacuum up. The "problem" is the wall. It's sheetrock and insulated. I'm thinking "mold". I'm thinking it should just be removed on that end...even removing it and leaving it open would be better than having mold growing out there...

It's been on my mind for a while, but this mess has just made me decide now might be the time to tear it all out. Just on that one wall.

We're going out there in a bit...almost done with school for the day. I'll take pictures.


4,280 posted on 01/23/2007 10:01:28 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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