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Any one here have a heated driveway?
Comments (1)Sorry, I have no personal experience with this. However, I hear that, if they are done by competent people, they work well. Family members have told me that there is a very steep street in suburban MA that has been successfully heated like this for years. I suspect that the trick will be finding a truly competent contractor....See MoreBuilding for snow
Comments (30)jane, I have no clue. My husband simply requested a quote from our mechanical sub, but we didn't look into all available options. Dreaming, that is quite a photo. Good luck with that! Our daughter is in her first year at Michigan Tech and is loving it in the Keweenaw, especially this week during Winter Carnival. I joked recently that she can't really be my daughter because we took her to visit a college in warm, sunny Florida but instead she chose the #1 snowiest college in the US. She told me last week "it's so warm out ... I'm not wearing a coat" when it was 10 degrees, a relative heat wave after the previous week's -48 wind chills. My husband is also a Tech grad, so I guess she gets her love for winter from him....See MoreRecommission Heated Driveway
Comments (5)My bet is the heating wires under the driveway failed and the previous owner (or the one before that) decided it wasn't worth fixing and reallocated the breakers. There may not even be any visible controls, the whole thing may be buried. But you'd expect there'd be a "loose" wire inside or outside the panel that goes out. You may be able to do a continuity test to see if the loop isn't just broken, but I'm not sure what you'd be looking for. I'd try to establish that it's even remotely possible to get working before starting to look at panel upgrades. It may be a lost cause....See MoreWalkway from driveway to porch
Comments (36)Our previous house was in NH, where most newer houses in our town also had asphalt driveways. Not sure why, but thats what our builder installed in the whole six-house development. In our case, that included an asphalt sidewalk to the front door. Not glamorous landscaping but functional, and easy to deal with in winter. Asphalt does have the advantage of heating up and sometimes melting off faster than some other surfaces. I suggest choosing something with ice and snow in mind. As much as I like flagstone etc., I’d save it for garden paths that aren’t used in winter. When you widen the steps, you also need to decide if you will widen the walkway, because your handrails need to match the walkway. I’m a bit mobility impaired, and I need support even for one step these days. This was my solution for our new house, in Ohio. (This is a very new house, we’ve lived here about 2 months. Landscaping yet to come.)...See MoreUser
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