I live in South Bend, Indiana, where it’s necessary to rely on the furnace for approximately eight months per year.
- Temperatures properly drop into the teens or even the disadvantage readings, and my buddy and I are not surprised when it starts to snow sometime in October, plus the snow often linters until mid May.
My buddy and I accumulate more than five feet of snow per year, which is considerably higher than the national average, and shoveling snow is a horrible, labor-intensive plus time-consuming task. It’s not pleasant to spend any amount of time outdoors when a cold cold wind is blowing. Shoveling out the driveway, walkways plus mailbox can take several hours, plus it’s a task that never ends. It can be necessary to clear the pathways numerous times per day. There is also the problem of where to pile all that snow. The mounds grow so big that they take up parking space plus obstruct the garage entrance, then when I finally had enough of the task, I had a snowmelt system installed. My condo in South Bend is heated by a boiler plus radiant flooring throughout. The boiler heats up water plus sends it through a series of pipes concealed beneath the floor. The heat from the pipes spreads across the surface of the floor, rises gradually plus creates a certainly even plus gentle comfort. I now have a network of pipes installed under a fresh concrete driveway plus walkways… A sensor detects temperature drop plus moisture, signals the boiler plus boiling water is delivered through those pipes. The heat melts away snow plus ice plus eliminates the need for shoveling. My driveway plus walkways are constantly perfectly clear. I have no worries over slipping plus falling on icy pavement. I don’t need to get up extra early to shovel before work.