Roof Raking Tips

In the meantime consider these additional tips.

Roof raking tips.

Don t allow icicles to grow on the edges of the roof or the gutters. Don t try to remove all the snow in one or two pulls of the roof rake. Buy a snow rake. If your roof has a steep pitch monitor it for falling ice and snow.

3 tips to make roof snow removal easier. This can create a dangerous situation when they. Get the snow down before rain comes. Hook the edge of a roof rake on a piece of flashing or a loose shingle and your roof will be worse off than it was before you raked it.

This is the first step. Typically snow rakes are sold at the hardware store in snow country. You ll either give up. The easiest and most efficient technique for raking is to start clearing the overhangs first and work your way to the top pulling off a foot or so of snow at a time although depending on the depth and weight of the snow you may be able to pull much more than a foot at a time.

This can cause significant damage to your property. In northern climates we have to rake the snow off the roof at times. In any case here are some tips for raking snow off of your roof. If you start raking too high up on the roof and try to pull off too much snow at once on your way down the roof the rake head will begin to float and loose contact with the surface of the roof.

Get the right roof rake first of all. So before you even think of raking your roof the first thing.