Jenno’s Ool

Thursday, January 06, 2005

Ice Is Evil

Especially when it's cemented your garage door to the ground! We didn't seem to have this problem last year, but the temperature's been a bit wonkier this winter. Our garage doesn't have a drainage system and any melt run off from outside has a tendancy to seep in under the door. If it stays warm then there's no problem; if it stays cold then there's no problem. It's when it thaws then freezes that it freezes the door solid on both sides.

I had to borrow a metal shovel in order to chip away the ice so we'd be able to move the car. The ice was about 1" thick so it took quite a bit of time and endurance to get through. The day was nice and, if not warm, was in the single digit negatives so using salt actually made sense.

I must've gone through at least half the bag of salt! Oh my! Poured it down both inside and outside the door then pounded away with the shovel trying to make a trough for the salt to eat away at. It took about half an hour to an hour of chopping, salting, chopping again to get the door unstuck and cleared. I eventually had to put my bike gloves on to cushion my hands.

That was two days ago and my hands and arms are still tender. Now it's gone and snowed a bunch today so I guess that means shoveling ... at least it'll be easier than the chopping!

Posted by Jennifer at 10:13 PM | Comments (0)  

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