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Clean ice from the roof

by nevadacountynews

With the advent of winter, everything around is covered with snow and snowdrifts: roofs, roads, sidewalks. And usually the utility services of our settlements are late and take the necessary measures to ensure security and comfort. But when they still take work, they do everything at a rather high professional level. But perhaps you yourself will have to do such work someday, therefore, today we will consider more closely how to properly carry out the process of cleaning ice from the roofs. Why do you need to do it at all? Firstly, for security purposes for people living near multi-storey buildings, the safety of parked and passing by cars and, accordingly, ensuring the safety of traffic. Also, cleaning snow and icicles from roofs is necessary to prevent damage to the roof, drains, cornices, balconies, antennas and other architectural and user structures. For the roof itself, icicles and Nega hats are not as dangerous as for people. But the ice due to the temperature difference can lead to the formation of cracks and gaps in the roofing. Who is our main roofs? Delays in cleaning the roof in winter can lead to its unforeseen collapse. So what is cheaper? Clean the roof in time from ice or then restore it and its roofing? The answer is obvious, so take the necessary measures in a timely manner. But it is better not to solve this problem on your own, but to call special services or utilities from ZhEK. After all, everyone should do what he is a professional. Professionals in this area are also industrial climbers. They are engaged in various kinds of high -rise work, including cleaning roofs in winter. After all, it is in winter that high -rise work requires special precautions, such as: safe insurance, etc., attached to a reliable support. Indeed, in the process of work, climbers not only accept very uncomfortable poses, but also rise up the roof on the cable. Typically, such work is carried out in the daytime, but in critical situations there may be nocturnal work. According to statistics, one industrial climber in one daylight day cleanses about 400 square meters. m snow and during this time it can move to the roof and down on average 15 times. Therefore, to trust such work is worth professionals with work experience and reliable equipment. Especially if you want to get a quick result, it is best to hire climbers crew. Since snowfall in winter is a common and quite often repeated phenomenon, it is necessary to clean the snowdrifts from the roofs constantly. After all, if you neglect this recommendation, then the height of the snow layer can grow up to two meters, and at the first warming, all this block of ice can fall on the passerby. So if your roof is still in a snow cap, contact a special service that is engaged in snow cleaning and has special equipment and tools for this. And in order to avoid critical situations in winter, you should resort to preventive measures in advance, and then it will be possible to avoid many problems, especially since the recommendations are quite simple:- fix the grooves and drains and clean them of garbage;- close all the funnels with lids;- establish the necessary anti -icing systems. And then you certainly do not have to carry out urgent sealing the roof in winter in order to eliminate all kinds of leaks. That, in turn, is just a temporary and rather expensive critical measure. After all, gas equipment is used for this, as well as a special roofing sealant. And in the warm season, you will already expect financial costs for the final repair of the roof. Therefore, it is worth taking care of this issue in advance and start with cleaning the drains now.

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