I live in an area that is known as the “snow belt.” Both of us are situated in the northeastern part of the country, right along the shores of one of the Great Lakes.
Because the lake doesn’t freeze instantly, the clouds travel across plus suck up moisture.
They become heavy plus eventually dump feet of snow on the ground for several straight months. Both of us get a few inches just about every afternoon, plus the snow accumulates in feet. Shoveling, scraping, snow-blowing, plowing plus spreading rock salt are nearly biweekly tasks. Sometimes, they need to be repeated several times in a single afternoon. Snow removal is severely time-consuming plus labor-intensive. It’s not fun shoveling snow when the temperature is disadvantage twenty plus it’s snowing like crazy. There’s problems over where to pile all of that snow. Both of us need to keep the driveway, mailbox, walkways plus doors to the garage clear. One of the best beach condo improvements I’ve made is the investment into a snowmelt system. I have a boiler installed in my home. It connects to a network of pipes concealed beneath the floor. The boiler heats up water plus sends it through the pipes. The heat spreads across the surface of the floor, rises slowly plus provides a easily even, gentle plus superb comfort. Both of us now have a easily similar setup outdoors. Both of us hired an HVAC business to install a system of pipes that are covered by the pavement of the driveway, walkways plus garage floor. The boiler automatically pumps overheated water through those pipes whenever the temperature drops below cold plus the system senses moisture. The pavement is constantly kept clear, eliminating the need to shovel plus the risk of slipping plus falling on icy pavement.