Fall's just around the corner and I'd like to be ready for what's in store this winter here in Quebec, where the snowstorms never cease to amaze.
Although it may be an odd and unfamiliar sight to most of you folks, a car shelter is somewhat of a necessity here; it relieves us from having to dig out cars out of 2 feet of snow.
But the real problem is maintenance. With that much snow, the roof of the car shelter needs to be cleaned regularly to avoid excessive weight and caving in. Ideally, you would push the snow off the shelter from the underside with a wide push broom, section by section, until it's all cleared (or pull it off the roof from the outside using 30ft telescopic handles).
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But the reality is that people have neighbors if you live in the suburbs and space is limited, which results in something like this when you're clearing your shelter's roof:
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And over the course of the winter, that snow between both you and your neighbors shelter builds up until you have snow covering half your shelter's roof and it won't slide off by pushing it with a broom or pulling it.
This is my dilemma that I bring to the table today. I can't for the life of me figure out how to avoid this. Regularly cleaning between the shelters with a sleigh shovel has proven to be the only way thus far. The gap between my shelter and my neighbor's isn't as narrow, I can fit my snowblower there nicely but the problem is there's no way to come up from the bottom. That would be the ideal.
How would you guys tackle this?
Although it may be an odd and unfamiliar sight to most of you folks, a car shelter is somewhat of a necessity here; it relieves us from having to dig out cars out of 2 feet of snow.
But the real problem is maintenance. With that much snow, the roof of the car shelter needs to be cleaned regularly to avoid excessive weight and caving in. Ideally, you would push the snow off the shelter from the underside with a wide push broom, section by section, until it's all cleared (or pull it off the roof from the outside using 30ft telescopic handles).
But the reality is that people have neighbors if you live in the suburbs and space is limited, which results in something like this when you're clearing your shelter's roof:
And over the course of the winter, that snow between both you and your neighbors shelter builds up until you have snow covering half your shelter's roof and it won't slide off by pushing it with a broom or pulling it.
This is my dilemma that I bring to the table today. I can't for the life of me figure out how to avoid this. Regularly cleaning between the shelters with a sleigh shovel has proven to be the only way thus far. The gap between my shelter and my neighbor's isn't as narrow, I can fit my snowblower there nicely but the problem is there's no way to come up from the bottom. That would be the ideal.
How would you guys tackle this?
How had I never thought of that? :huh:
