How To Make Your Own Roof Snow Rake

Costs about 17 weights about 12 pounds extends to 15 feet.

How to make your own roof snow rake. Enter this scandinavian invention the avalanche roof snow removal tool. Begin by cutting two 12 sections from one on the 1 x 10 pvc pipes. The above videos show two slightly different approaches. Step 2 clamping on the angled brackets.

Apply some pvc glue to the inside of the arms. Position a bracket on each side of the. Step 1 readying the pole. You have a few options with the pole.

Use bolts that are long enough to go through the pole with possibly a nut mounted on the inside of the bucket and a philips head on the outside facing the roof you do not want anything to bough your roof surface. On the 1 x 12 arms where you placed the marks in the previous step use the hole saw to bore straight through. Attach the two 4 inch angle brackets to the end of your aluminum pole. These you push to create a mini avalanche of snow that sluices right down off the roof with minimal effort.

Essentially you re just looking for a something that has some length and will. Insert your 2 1 2 inch. Commercially these go for around us 150 but you can make one yourself. Letting snow pile up on your roof can lead to ice dams leaks and other costly repairs.

Step 4 drilling the metal plate. Drill straight through the aluminum handle through one bracket hole to the hole on the other side using your. You can use 2 bolts or one but two is going to give the bucket ridgidity and bolt the pole to the bucket. How to make a roof rake step 1.

Step 3 the rake hardware. Measure and place a mark 2 from an end.