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Monday, February 9, 2026

Winter Aids

We've always had trouble with snow falling off the roof onto the porch making it a slippery mess.  And if it snows a lot overnight there gets to be such a pile that we can't open the door.

 Dan found and installed this snow fence on the roof this past fall. It works great.

And for the snow that lands on the porch, for Christmas our daughter gave us a heated mat. It has a remote control inside to turn it on and off.

Two winter aids I've been meaning to share.

9 comments:

Boud said...

I like both of those inventions. The heated mat, especially, prevents ice underfoot, a big point.

Anvilcloud said...

What super duper ideas!

DeniseinVA said...

Thank you for these Marcia, two great ideas!

Fun60 said...

What great ideas especially the heated mat.

sue p said...

Here in the south-west of the UK we could do with a gadget that gets rid of rain. It has rained here every day this year!

Tom said...

...I have snow grabbers on the barn roof.

Granny Sue said...

Those are both brilliant!

Vicki Lane said...

Excellent coping devices!

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I was unfamiliar with either one - and we get a lot of snow.