What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Driving to Norton, Mass and back, dropping daughter #2 at college, a solid 12-13 hours drive time...hope the roads are cleaned up.

 

Good luck, stay safe.

 

Thank you.

 

Caffeine going in. I should go back to bed. Not enough sleep last night. Worked late.

 

I should go back to bed, woke up at 2 am and never got back to sleep. My brain's/body's retaliation for getting a full 6 hours of sleep Tuesday night.

 

I have to drive down to Cambridge, and when I get back, this will have fallen off the roof and onto the driveway.

 

Both of you, go back to bed, you don't want to get run down and catch something.

 

You know your old when it takes you all night to do what you used to do all night....................

 

Thank you for the Birthday wishes

 

Most of mine had dumped by the time I got home last night. Driveway cleaned up easily with snow blower but the pile on the ramp was too compressed for the snow blower to take care of it, so extra shoveling for me.

 

It's a downright balmy 12* here this morning. Might even crack the freezing mark and start to melt some snow/ice. Heck, I might even fire up the grill tonight.

 

There's a few different answers to that statement. Unfortunately for me....its sleep

 

Any opinions on snow keeper bars on the roof over the driveway?

 

Don't put up a metal roof if you don't want it to dump is my opinion. kills me, I pass one house where an entire side has the inhibitors on it. Okay, I can understand over a front/back door (even though mine doesn't have any). Actually, my opinion is colored by the houses I have had (and my lack in faith of holding much weight up there) and the fact that no, I am not getting on the roof to shovel behind that bar when the load becomes heavy.

 

Understand bogieb I must be only person I know that check where roofs will dump snow before buying or building anything!

Grew up in home where snow and melt pitched to driveway and was constantly cleaning it up

 

Wind and rain today again. It was so windy yesterday that ferries didn't run for part of the day. Not that bad today. Two more days of work and then the weekend!! Stay safe out there everyone.

 

I think a deflector over a regular door would work, but probably not over a garage door.

 

X2

 

Hey, my house is much the same set up as Midwinter's (except that whole, double car garage versus single car garage), so I have to shovel the driveway every time the roof dumps. And my back ramp of 30 feet long (put an extension over the back door over the summer, so at least can open my back door now where I couldn't before). Oh, and then I have to clean up arum my propane bottles after a dump. And make sure the vents to both stoves are not compromised after a roof clear. Yes, I have a 4-sided roof so all sides dump.

My previous house I had to clear the 16x16 deck after it dumped, plus the front porch and stairs (no garage, so didn't have to clean off the driveway anyway). So I knew all that before I installed the metal roof. Hey, I need exercise and that guarantees that I don't put it off!