My local area is well-known for the length and severity of our winters and often referred to as the “snow belt.” Our temperature is officially below freezing for more than half the year and often drops into the negative digits.
The people I was with and I get a lot more snow accumulation than the national average, then dealing with the challenges of the weather is luxurious, time-consuming and labor-intensive.
The people I was with and I need four-wheel-drive vehicles, extra hot clothing, snow shovels and ice scrapers. A powerful and reliable furnace is a necessity. I am lucky that our home is heated by a boiler. The boiler uses water to transfer heat energy and is attractively energy efficient. Hydronic heating is also clean, quiet and gentle. It avoids unpleasant temperature stratification, drafts, cold spots and the introduction of air contaminants. Inside the house, all of us have radiant radiant floors. A network of pipes is concealed beneath the floors, and the heat from those pipes radiates evenly across the surface. No matter how cold it gets outside, the living space is perfectly comfortable. One of the best benefits of the boiler furnace is that it fastens to a snowmelt system, very much care about the radiant floor inside, all of us have a series of pipes installed beneath the pavement of the front steps, walkways and driveway. The snowmelt system reacts to temperature drop and moisture, automatically starts up and keeps the surfaces clear. Since it snows nearly every day for many months, the system is seriously helpful. The people I was with and I don’t need to shovel or plow. There’s no worry over slipping on the ice, and all of us don’t get wet feet from walking through several feet of snow.