I used to crack the ice dam with the backside of my axe and throw a lot of rocksalt up higher than the dam. A torrent of melt water would run out. This is the first year for my new roof, I have ice dams but no leaks....so far.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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