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To: Mike M2 who wrote (57527)	1/12/2001 11:48:14 AM
From: IceShark	Respond to of 436258

There are roof coils, but it is a bit late for that - you put them in in the fall when there is no ice. -g- Salt won't screw up the aluminum gutters for a one time shot. You think all those sailboat masts don't have a few nicks in the anodizing or paint (and they are living in salt)? It is only the inside of the gutters anyway and it will not eat a hole through it like steel if that is what you are worried about. You will do a number on the grass under the down spouts, so wash the grass down or something. The trade off is better than water leaking into your house. What you realy need to do is get the snow off the roof back 4 feet from the edge. The ice damn will just form again otherwise. And you may want to use that other type of salt, I think it is calcium carbonate or something like that, been a long time since I used it. It is the little white balls you see buildings use on their sidewalks. Works a lot better and I don't think it is as hard on the grass. And wear gloves spreading it or your hands will get all the oil and water sucked out of them - you will look like a mummy. -g-