[Cob] Fw: freezing overhangs

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From: livin_and_learnin at yahoo.com <livin_and_learnin at yahoo.com>
Subject: freezing overhangs
To: coblist at deatech.com
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 2:14 PM







                         From: Susan Hagan <su.hagan at hotmail.co.uk>
                           Subject: [Cob] Question from Bulgaria
 
What is necessary is to either insulate the overhang or construct it as a labyrinth where there will be air circulation.  You can use vertical, home-made solar panels to power the warm air to it, to keep from using your warm, inside air.
 
On wood-sheathed roofs in the Northeast U.S.A., they use a black rubber material with a sticky backing that will soak up heat and let the ice dam melt quicker.