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  • Roof Nail Frost

    A cold snap in early January caught plenty of humidity inside the house and, in fact, the attic temperature dropped so abruptly that the nails protruding through the roof iced over:

    Roof Nail Frost - overview
    Roof Nail Frost – overview

    You’d think they were coated with plastic:

    Roof Nail Frost - detail flash
    Roof Nail Frost – detail flash

    The incandescent bulb lighting the attic highlights the crystal planes:

    Roof Nail Frost - detail ambient
    Roof Nail Frost – detail ambient

    As nearly as I can tell, the ice sublimes or melts-and-evaporates, because the plywood floor under the nails doesn’t have the drip marks you’d expect.