The heavy load of snow on the roof, coupled with the rains we had a couple weeks ago, made for a big problem. The ice was too heavy for the roof, and it actually pushed out the front wall of the house a bit. It even snapped one of the upstairs ceiling joists.
Why has this never happened in the house's 125-year history? The house is unheated as Pat works on it. The house had never gone unheated in 125 years, and it also never had a speck of insulation in it. All the heat went right out through the roof and melted the snow, so there weren't heavy snow loads sitting on it.
Once the house is insulated and we're in it, we'll have snow on it most of the winter. Pat has been working away in the attic, bracing the roof and attemptening to straighten out what he can while up there.
Isn't this fun?
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