Clearing Snow

Sometimes, it’s not the frozen snow that’s a problem. Our church is built basically at ground level on a slab. The problem comes when snow that’s piled up along the walls starts to melt. When it stays cold, it melts close to the building before the rest of the snow and the liquid water has only one place to go. Unfortunately, that’s into and through the walls and onto the floor of the building.

Charlie put out a call for folks to come clear a swath between the snow drifts and the building and this is the finished product at the site of the largest drift. The snow was covered by a few inches of very solid ice that we had to break up with mattocks and spades. Snow shovels were fine after that, but the bulk of the work needed steel and not plastic.

We also cleared some parking spaces that had snow and ice on them even after the parking lot had been cleared. It was hard work, but nice to be out with a bunch of guys getting something done.