SnowMelt
SnowMelt keeps walkways, driveways, shipping bays, parking lots and even airport runways clear of snow and ice with a mixture of water and glycol moving through pipes.
SnowMelt offers:
- Convenience
- Affordable-depending on the project, cost per square foot runs from about US$8 and up
- Variety of control systems, from semiautomatic to fully automatic
- Optional fully automatic control package for totally clear surfaces
- Installation options, including sand and interlocking bricks, closed cell-high density base insulation and concrete, asphalt and flagstone
- Proven cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) piping for easy installation, durability during construction and longevity in continuous use
- Installation by qualified trained contractors
Considerations
- Boiler capacity or space for a boiler with enough capacity for snow melting
- Type of system
- Manual on/off system is less expensive, but requires maintenance and a warm-up period before the snow melts
- Semiautomatic system turns itself on and off automatically and keeps the area at a set temperature regardless of the snow or ice presence
- Fully automatic system always runs and can detect the presence of snow and ice at a significant investment
