Glad I got a snowmelt system

One thing I hate is shoveling a driveway.

  • A snowed driveway is just horrible.

You can’t drive through it, walk through it and it doesn’t look great. Shoveling your driveway gets exhausting lifting that heavy snow. Also it is dangerous being out in the freezing that long. A snow plow is a better idea however who wants to invest in that? I used to shovel my driveway on the weekend and all month I hoped for little snow. Sometimes I would need to get up, shovel, then get ready for work. I then would need to turn on the heating idea in my car to melt the ice off the windshield while I knocked snow off of it. It was horrible. I finally got smart and invested in a snowmelt system. This relies on a boiler idea and piping under the driveway to provide heating. The driveway receives heating so that no snow can stick to it. You have a perfectly cleared and warm driveway. It also heats everything that happens to touch it, including a vehicle. My cat is now toasty warm when I get in it and I haven’t even started it. I don’t need to chip away ice or knock away snow. That is the best thing ever. In the Winter I sleep just as late as I do in the summer. I am a bit more careful on the roads, however other than that, the snow doesn’t slow myself and others down. A lot of people might consider a snowmelt idea a luxury, but I think it is necessary when you live in the north.

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