Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Ken,
Prayers to your family !

 

[m7040]

Good evening, 14 to start with now 24 with windy conditions

Good news on the cyber hack of the hospital. They had been down since January 27 and is now back in operation. They had worked with LE and third parties. Sounds like they did not sell out.

Also good news for daughter that got scammed with a time share deal. All dropped. Told her to call Experian and check the credit report

Wife is doing a little better and is able to do some cooking. She made an amazing lobster roll with some crunch in it. Not sure what it was but she said she incorporated some Celery in it that gave it a unique taste and crunch

 

[check]

If it's the ice in the gutters you are worried about, good luck.

Gutter leaf guards will make it even worse.

I just had gutters put on about 1/3 of the house last year, I was worried about ice buildup in the gutters causing issues. According to the salesmen it wouldn't be an issue, I didn't believe him then and I now know he was lying through his a**. I had them install roof deicing cables on the roof and in the gutter. They used standard roof cables such as you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. They did not run them so they function worth a damn. They zig zap the roof one as per all the drawings but it does not reach down to the gutter guards, they also ran one down the gutters and down spouts. This does not work the roof cables will clear the roof in the V pattern which drips down into the snow on top of the leaf guards and while some gets down into the gutter it all ices up and fills up excepting for a tiny channel in the gutter.

I have used considerable ice melt to much of it out a couple of times.

I'm not sure what the best and most effective cost method to clear this out is going to be.

I am thinking at this time the "industrial" self regulating heat trace cableing run in loops in the gutter so the ice can be melted with channels reaching the bottom of the leaf guards and the bottom of the gutter and the inverted V runs on the roof brought down to and on top of the leaf guards to make a system that has channels completely through the ice buildup.

Also I am going to install some smart switches to control the cables remotely.

I have a guy coming out on Monday to chip out all the ice, and then I was going to install the cables they have at Home Depot. I think you were saying that those cables don’t work if you have the leaf guard on, but would they work OK with no leaf guard?

 

[daugen]

check, can't see where those heating wires could hurt, just be careful up on a ladder.
that ice backs up your roof, gets underneath the shingles and you can have roof leaks when it all melts.
good to prevent it if you can

got some snow flurries this afternoon,, dusted everything white again.
detail shop called and asked to keep car another day, they said it was better but not perfect.
Since they refuse to take extra money for the "paint correction", perhaps because I wisely invested in
some Entemann's donuts for the staff, I'm sure car will look nice.
The road to the bad place is paved with many good intentions...as I conscientiously hosed the pollen off my car year in and out.
so slowly the hard water minerals built up plus my water is acidic. Not very bright of me.

broke down and got some Turkey Hill ice cream on sale. Black cherry and no sugar added vanilla.
I like to add a teaspoon of the latter to a mug of coffee.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Frits,

Wife is doing a little better and is able to do some cooking. She made an amazing lobster roll with some crunch in it

Glad your wife is doing better ! Lobster roll sounds good and I bet
schmekt gut!

Also your daughter’s cabin looked very comfy the other day ! Too bad that you and your wife didn’t get out there ! Hopefully next time !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It's just been cold today. House can't seem to warm up with pellet stove on high. The wind making it feel lot colder than the 23 deg.

 

[Thomas]

Sorry about Dad Ken...special thoughts and prayers.

 

[Thomas]

Glad your wife health improving m7040.

 

[LouNY]

I have a guy coming out on Monday to chip out all the ice, and then I was going to install the cables they have at Home Depot. I think you were saying that those cables don’t work if you have the leaf guard on, but would they work OK with no leaf guard?

If you can get the bottom of the V's down in the gutter but still have room for the lower gutter run you'll likely be good. The only issue is that those cables can not touch or make contact with the other run.

 

[Looking4new]

check, when Toronto does snow removal now it is always dump trucks. I don't know when they shut down the snow melters they had. Back in the '80s I worked a 450 John Deere dozer (open station) as a sidewalk plow for the City through a contractor. It was fun, I had a ball and made some good money too.