Heated Driveway News

Don't Expect Much Change on Your Electricity Bill!

Being concerned with adding a snowmelt system to your home and the impact that will have on the environment is admirable. Heavens know we don't want to create any extra burdens for our poor earth. However a radiant heated driveway is one of the efficient ways to remove snow as it runs on a 240 volt 30-amp breaker and only runs when the system is required. Snowmelt systems are not on around the clock so they don't drain unnecessary amounts of energy. An automatic snow sensor uses savvy technology to detect when the system should be turned on and does so remotely from your garage or basement (wherever you choose to install it).

The cost of operating a heated driveway is dependant on the spacing of the heat cables as well as how much space you are covering on your property. Having a four inch spacing is recommended most of the time for optimal energy efficiency as well as effective snow melting. If the rows are closer than the recommended four inches, obviously that will drain more energy and consume a higher wattage of power. The average operational cost for driveway snow melting is approximately $.28 per 100 square feet per hour the system is in use.

Heated Driveways Will Save you Time

Were you sitting around last winter wondering how you could fill your time? Were you sitting in the window seat of your bedroom staring wistfully out at the landscape hoping for a monster snow storm so you could put on seven layers of warm clothes and shovel, plow, and heave snow from the surface of your driveway? Me either. In fact, I was thinking how it would be nice to have one less thing to worry about during the hustle and bustle of the holidays especially. The holiday season is right when a lot of us typically get some major snow storms. This is where a heated driveway comes in handy. Having radiant snow melting in place means you never have to worry about the time you need to carve out for shoveling, plowing, snow blowing, or chipping ice and snow from the driving and walking surfaces of your home.

Heated driveways are a major time saver. Particularly if the weather man predicts and actually gets it right one night and the next day you wake up to a foot of snow. Snow that would usually mean back-breaking work, with a heated driveway now means “no big deal.” Heated driveways save you the time it would take to clear your driveway because the heating cables have worked consistently through the night (and day) to keep your driveway surface warm so nothing can accumulate. We are all looking for ways to save time and money and having a heated driveway does just that.