[DeTomaso] Snow.

[hemipanter at hemipanter.se]

Mike.
Rental houses is supposed to report energy declaration to the Energy
Authority. Heating the roof at -20 dgr C, will require much energy and
"energy waste" is likely to place me among the worst among apartment
hosts,and authorities will require crackdown.
Goran



> In a message dated 2/23/10 8 35 4, hemipanter at hemipanter.se writes:
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>> http://www.hemipanter.se/Takskottning%20004.jpg
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> Goran,
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> Fantastic, as ever!   As somebody who only visits snow, as opposed to
> living in it, I have no knowledge of the stuff at all.   But I seem to
> recall
> that heat has some effect against it.   Wouldn't it simply have been
> easier to
> turn up the thermosat, heat up the house, let the heat escape through the
> roof, melting the snow off?
>
> Or, given how clever and creative you are, maybe in the summer time you
> can
> create a roof heating system, like maybe a grid of water pipes that are
> normally shut off, but in the winter you can use to pump hot water around
> on
> the roof, keeping the snow from ever forming?
>
> Mike
>