Daily Home Renovation Tips日常家庭装修秘诀

This past weekend’s snow storm through the eastern parts of North America reminded me of a timely tip I had seen frequently regarding roofs but not decks.这个周末的暴风雪，通过东部的部分北美提醒我及时提示我已经看到的往往就屋顶，但不甲板。

In case you are outside North America you may not have heard but we received a massive 36 hour plus snow storm all the way up the east coast.万一你是在北美以外，你可能没有听过，但我们收到了大量36小时加上暴风雪所有一路东海岸。 In the Toronto area we are approaching an all time record for snow in a winter since 1938 - 39.在多伦多地区，我们正在接近一个所有的时间记录为积雪在冬季自1938年以来-3 9。

And, in our area many of the stores have run out of slow blower machines and snow shovels. ，而在我们这个地区的许多商店都开出缓慢鼓风机机和雪铲。 Usually this is the time of the year that they start to go on sale to clear them out and make way in the retail stores for spring gardening tools.通常，这是时间的一年里，他们开始上市销售，以明确他们出去，让出路在零售商店，为春天的园艺工具。

Lastly, the county in which we live is running low on salt.最后，县委，我们生活在其中正在运行，对盐。 No, not the kind used in cooking; rather, the kind applied by dump-truck like vehicles on our roads to help melt the snow.不是，不是那种用在烹饪中，相反，一种适用于由自卸卡车一样的车辆在道路上，以帮助融化的雪。 Yes, there is an environmental impact but that issue is for another posting.是的，有环境的影响，但这个问题，是为另一张贴。

So, we have had a lot of snow, even for Canada!于是，我们便经历了很多的雪，即使是加拿大！

We focus on shoveling the white stuff from our driveways and road ways and sidewalks and the like so we can move around.我们专注于铲白色的东西从我们的车道及道路的途径和人行道等，也因此，我们可以四处走动。 Heck, our family even has to shovel a patch in the back yard so a certain little family member can ‘do her business’ out the back! heck ，我们的家庭更要铲子补丁程序，在后院，使某一点家庭成员都能'做她的生意'了回来！

With this much snow some home owners focus on trying to remove the snow from their roofs when it is so much that there is a risk of the roof caving in. Not likely, but it has been known to happen.这多少有些积雪置业重点放在试图清除积雪，从他们的屋顶时，它是那么多是有风险的放顶英寸不太可能，但它已经众所周知的情况发生。

What about the deck in the back yard?对于甲板，在后院？

Below are some pictures of the snow on our deck.下面是一些照片，雪山对我们的甲板。 And, by the way, we have a walkout basement so the deck which is off of our kitchen in the back of the house is about 9 feet off of the ground. ，并通过了道路，我们有一个走出地下室，所以甲板上是小康，我们在厨房后面的房子是约9英尺以下的地面。

Now, we did not have the deck built; it was here when we bought the house.现在，我们没有甲板上建成，它是这里的时候，我们买的房子。 We would have placed a little more support on the deck if we were having it built.我们将放置多一点支持，就到甲板上，如果我们有它的基础。 But, even with the greatest support, having that much weight on the deck, in addition to the barbecue, deck chairs and table which stay on the deck year round can’t be good.不过，即使以最大的支持，有这么多的重量就甲板上，除了烧烤，甲板上的椅子和表，其中留在甲板上，全年就不可能有良好的。

Even if the deck is only a foot off of the ground, one would think that having that much snow can’t be good for the wood in the long term.即使到甲板上，只是一个踏上小康的地面上，人会觉得有很多积雪，不能很好的为木材在长远。

And, what if you actually did want to use the barbecue to cook dinner? ，如果你的确想用烧烤去煮晚餐？ Yes, us folks here in Canada have been known to want a barbecue hamburger, steak, chicken, fish, and so on in the winter too!是的，我们这里的乡亲在加拿大已经知道想要烧烤汉堡，牛排，鸡，鱼等，在冬季太！ Yum!荫！ But, how can you do that if there is 2 feet of snow on the deck?但是，你如何能做到这一点，如果是2英尺的雪地上甲板？

Perhaps that is the best reason of them all to not let a large pile up of snow sit on the deck too long.也许这就是最好的理由，他们都不会让一个大堆雪坐在甲板上太久了。 Once the sun hits it, it will start to harden and then you won’t be able to use the deck to cook dinner until after the spring thaw!一旦太阳访问，它会开始强硬起来，然后你将不能够使用到甲板上煮晚餐后，直到春季解冻！