Otherwise they will melt into the asphalt.As always check with zoning. 

On the 29th I was carrying ice melt to one of my cabins which only has a slight slope, because there was still ice and snow on the road in the turns which the sun never hit.  

In the past 5 years I've put in both York and Goodman systems at an apartment complex and they are still functioning well, as long as the linesets were properly cleaned out (these were R-22 to R-410a conversions) and the Schrader valves weren't left in during sweating (causes the o-rings to melt and leak).

If not, I have a few other business ideas that have a far cash on cash return.Sorry, I don't know any good contractors, and I've been out of construction for a while, so I don't have contact with guys that do construction & can get a cheap price for them to do sidework.Can't wait for all this snow to Melt!

Aluminum cannot transfer electrons as fast as copper, which means more friction, which means more heat, which means melting.

Sensational stories rule whats posted online and in the news, but the fact of the matter is the crisis everyone expected simply never emerged.If it had emerged like the Cicada's we would have had a melt down like 2008 or worse.. 

The hottest water you can get without burning yourself it should come off, heat gun also works great but you have to be super careful with vinly so it doesn't melt. 

Ice damming is real and creates water intrusions, when the gutters start backing up with snow, the warm roof melts the snow, but it refreezes and expands getting under shingles, and then into roofs.

I recently had to plan one for a house on a steep grade that was getting some water in the basement after winter snow melted (basically used a drain to divert water to the sides of the house and also put in gutters).

I attend one that is the last Thursday of every month at the melt on Rockside road.