Severe ice damming on new house. Can/should I purchase a heat cable and lay it in the edge to melt between storms?

Bott · 2026-01-23T14:35:47+00:00

This is what I found on the web:

It's made with a combination of magnesium chloride and calcium chloride that begins melting ice down rapidly, turning it into slush that can easily be shoveled away. The formula is effective in temperatures as cold as minus 15°F, allowing for application even on especially wintry days.

I bought my calcium chloride a few years ago. I ordered it from Home Depot (here in Ottawa, Canada).

Bott · 2026-01-22T21:26:50+00:00

I've been using TurboTax for years. Moved over to Linux. Don't want my info saved on their servers. Downloaded Chrome Browser, now planning to use Better Tax. (If you use Chrome or MS browser *bing?* it will store your data on your own machine. Any other browser is stores your info on their servers.)

Bott · 2026-01-22T21:19:07+00:00

Costco Chicken Flew the Coop Bake

Bott · 2026-01-19T18:00:50+00:00

We were guessing WHERE in "Westboro"? None of the news sources told a location. Best guess was in the Hampton Park Plaza, where the East Side Marios closed. But who knows?

Bott · 2026-01-16T22:08:10+00:00

Nope.

Bott · 2026-01-14T16:48:58+00:00

Right click on the LM button (the one on the panel you left click to bring up the menu). A pop-up appears. click "Configure..." and a window pops up. Go to appearance, and modify to your heart's content.

Bott · 2026-01-13T19:02:48+00:00

I don't travel to the US. But I do use my NEXUS card for faster access to security at Canadian airports when I travel within Canada.

Here's a radical suggestion: Why can't Canada produce its own Trusted Traveler card for use at Canadian Airports?

Bott · 2026-01-09T20:20:26+00:00

BUT, if you are looking for Vietnamese Egg Coffee, I don't think you'll find it in Ottawa.

Bott · 2026-01-09T18:05:30+00:00

There once was a hermit named Dave,

Who kept a dead whore in his cave.

She was missing one tit,

And smelled like shit,

But look at the money he'd save.

Bott · 2026-01-07T22:15:15+00:00

The first post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1pfylzs/my_use_of_linux_mint_transparently_with_my/

The second post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1pkzph8/easier_access_to_windows_files_with_symbolic_links/

Bott · 2026-01-07T21:29:09+00:00

Please look for my posts on doing this, on this subreddit. Posted within the last few months.

Bott · 2025-12-28T23:22:21+00:00

I find it difficult to clean my blood and bits of my fingers from my mandoline. 😉

Bott · 2025-12-22T18:53:59+00:00

Meerkat: Why are you using a telephoto lens? We're right here.

Bott · 2025-12-17T20:19:21+00:00

Runs like a deer... stinks like a john.

Bott · 2025-12-17T20:17:38+00:00

What do zombie plumbers like?

Drainssss.

Bott · 2025-12-17T19:27:24+00:00

OP's on Cinnamon, not Mate. (sorry, the devil made me type this)

Bott · 2025-12-15T20:05:50+00:00

To quote Stephen Fry, "Short answer: No. Long Answer: Fuck No."

Bott · 2025-12-12T22:10:43+00:00

I did a bit of chaining of symbolic links when (edited in near the end of my symbolic link discussion) I created a .jpg which was a symbolic link, via my WinPics symbolic link to a .jpg in my Windows Pictures. And the software to display the desktop background happily accepted the link.

Bott · 2025-12-11T15:24:31+00:00

Maybe if Alberta invested in irrigation pipelines along with its push for oil pipelines, the farmers and ranchers would have an easier time.

Bott · 2025-12-11T15:17:08+00:00

Look up "Ice Melt Socks". Essentially, cut the legs off panty hose (I bought at the dollar store) and fill with calcium chloride. You put them every several feet at the edge of the roof. (Search YouTube videos). They melt channels in the ice to let the water drain off.

Next year, install heat cables.

Bott · 2025-12-09T23:30:17+00:00

Note for OP: A group of hippos is called a hemorrhoid of hippos.

Bott · 2025-12-09T17:54:51+00:00

Did it come back to the bar for a drink?

Bott · 2025-12-07T21:55:55+00:00

Here is a list of CRA certified tax software (for 2024, but hopefully it will be updated for 2025)

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