▽Document ’03-’04 ●12/07 17:16 However, this is not the ultimate solution as new ice dams can form above the cables and wreak the same havoc. An emergency / temporary solution is to fill a sock or nylon with calcium chloride and lay it vertically across the ice dam. Others have improvised ways to chop at the ice, spread salt or a constant stream of hot water. All these are methods that just add wear and do not solve the situati