# Help a snow noob:  Do I need to bother shoveling a foot or less off my deck?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-snow-noob-do-i-need-to-bother-shoveling-a-foot-or-less-off-my-deck/830191 "2019-02-25T18:13:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rock\_party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-snow-noob-do-i-need-to-bother-shoveling-a-foot-or-less-off-my-deck/830191/21 "2019-02-26T16:02:20Z")

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I like to shovel my deck just to keep it drier. A slow melt will saturate the deck sometimes for days or weeks. Not good even if it’s pressure treated. Keep the snow off as much as possible to keep water damage to a minimum.

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