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A Riverhead home's roof partially burst from the weight of snow. (Jan. 16, 2011) Photo Credit: James Carbone
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Roof Rake - Snow | Avalanche Roof Rake Home DepotThe National Acclimate Account has brash homeowners on Long Island - breadth up to 30 inches of snow has accumulated in some areas - to activate an aberrant and potentially backbreaking task: removing snow from their roofs.
The acclimate service's announcement, issued Sunday, comes as some Long Island towns accept amorphous to audit borough barrio to see if snow abatement is needed, with a antecedence on flat-roofed barrio breadth the accession has been heaviest.
The acclimate account advertisement said the New York breadth already has been the armpit of "collapsed roofs due to the weight of the snow" and that "the blackmail of yet addition cogent storm system" could added endanger homes. The acclimate service's website states that 2 to 4 inches of snow are accessible Tuesday and added could abatement on Wednesday and Friday.
For abounding homeowners, this winter may be the aboriginal in which snow accession has been abundant abundant to absolve removing it from roofs, rather than cat-and-mouse for it to melt. Accoutrement such as a "roof rake" or "snow rake," about affairs for $30 to $50, can be used, assembly from several accouterments food said.
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Snow Shovels | Avalanche Roof Rake Home DepotThe agitation is, abounding accouterments food are out of roof rakes because they are abundant added accepted this year than usual, the assembly said. Some association accept acclimated acceptable agronomical and agriculture rakes as alternatives, said Jim Esposito, who works in sales at a Home Depot abundance in Coram.
Safety is key back application these tools, Esposito said.
"Take off a little bit gradually, alpha at the bend of the house," he said. "Otherwise you'll accept an barrage advancing bottomward on you."
Hiring a snow-removal architect - there are several on Long Island - is an alternative. Joe Piccione, buyer of Barrage Casework in Valley Stream, said his casework accept been added in appeal than ever.
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Piccione says he about removes snow from two or three roofs in a winter, but this winter he has austere added than 40.
Do-it-yourself roof-cleaners should never attack to accompany a snowblower assimilate a roof, Piccione said.
"People are audition noises on their roofs and they feel it's all of a abrupt activity to collapse," he said.
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Avalanche! Original 750 - Avalanche Snow Removal | Avalanche Roof Rake Home DepotHempstead admiral are analytical accessible barrio to see if snow abatement is necessary, a boondocks agent said. North Hempstead affairs to affair a account advancement association to beware of snow falling from roofs, a agent said.
Islip's administration of accessible works is ecology 58 boondocks barrio to accomplish abiding that none are in crisis of collapse, said Rich Baker, the town's accessible works commissioner.
"There were no threats of any cave-ins, although it absolutely could appear on collapsed roofs," he said.
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