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[Buck-i-Nana]

On 3/4/2015 Suziepeach said:

It was just an idea I had about the hair dryer, I am sorry..

I hope I didn't make you feel bad about your suggestion! That wasn't my intent with my answer. It actually would seem to be a good idea, thawing it just like you could thaw a frozen pipe using a hairdryer. It's just having experienced it here locally and it having become a significant problem here, that it was discussed on a local news program.

[Marmalade_1]

Use the front door.

[Suziepeach]

On 3/4/2015 Buck-i-Nana said:

On 3/4/2015 Suziepeach said:

It was just an idea I had about the hair dryer, I am sorry..

I hope I didn't make you feel bad about your suggestion! That wasn't my intent with my answer. It actually would seem to be a good idea, thawing it just like you could thaw a frozen pipe using a hairdryer. It's just having experienced it here locally and it having become a significant problem here, that it was discussed on a local news program.

Oh heaven's no, I got to thinking about my suggestion that it probably wouldn't work.. I did use the dryer on our fiberglass deck cover and it really helped break up the ice in the middle... Goodness no, Buck, you sure didn't make me feel bad..

[Mom2Dogs]

This happened to our back door last year, it was very badly swollen, if that is the word. This year the same thing is happening but not quite as bad, once we get warmer weather, the problem will be solved. I do not think there is a permanent fix to the problem.

[LucyGoose]

I'm having a problem with condensation.

[terrier3]

On 3/4/2015 Marmalade said:

Use the front door.

We usually do that...but the back door leads to the garbage totes and the wrought iron gate that protects the side alley is ALSO frozen solid! So we will just squeeze in and out the back as necessary.

[terrier3]

On 3/4/2015 momtodogs said:

This happened to our back door last year, it was very badly swollen, if that is the word. This year the same thing is happening but not quite as bad, once we get warmer weather, the problem will be solved. I do not think there is a permanent fix to the problem.

The maintenance man said the only thing to do was to remove the storm door until everything thaws and the cement pad goes back to normal.

This has NEVER happened, but then again this was the coldest February in Buffalo on record.

[ROMARY]

A non-electric heating pad. The kind you warm up in the microwave for a few seconds. Maybe place it on or along side of the frozen door jamb. Also, maybe rubbing the door jamb with a stick of canning wax (I think it's called paraffin?)

[JustJazzmom]

You may have to wait till spring and determine if you need to relay the cement walkway (by removing some of the soil below and then doing the walkway over again. I've had that problem with pavers in front of a metal garden shed- but I do not use it in the winter to get at things.

[Buck-i-Nana]

On 3/4/2015 terrier3 said:

On 3/4/2015 momtodogs said:

This happened to our back door last year, it was very badly swollen, if that is the word. This year the same thing is happening but not quite as bad, once we get warmer weather, the problem will be solved. I do not think there is a permanent fix to the problem.

The maintenance man said the only thing to do was to remove the storm door until everything thaws and the cement pad goes back to normal.

This has NEVER happened, but then again this was the coldest February in Buffalo on record.

Terrier - did you have any significant melting prior to the last blast of arctic air? When the ground is super saturated with melted snow, and then another deep freeze hits, that's a significant contributor to the heaving pavement.