And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Never Heard Of Such A Thing Before, But Might Be Good In The Right Place Or Circumstances
A friend who could afford it installed flex stainless steel tubing in his poured pea gravel driveway in the Western NC Mtns. Heated antifreeze/water mix flowed through it, melting snow rather effectively.
Have had these for several years in central Oregon. Saved our backs from that $30 shovel. Melts the snow well, the hidden ice has been eliminated as has the threat of falling.
So they claim 3 cents/hr/mat (betcha that's a real lowball, but run with it). Ten mats, 30 cents/hour or somewhere between 3 and 7 bucks a day depending on how much on time. Call it $4/day. If you guess 30-60 days a year, an optimistic estimate is around $150 annual use. Probably, in the real world, 2-3 times that.
Just give the steps a good sweep with a stiff broom, then sprinkle with tube sand. NOT play sand; way too fine. Tube sand is more coarse and gives more traction.
When I bought my new house there was 2 things that where necessary, no steps & no snow.
ReplyDeleteA friend who could afford it installed flex stainless steel tubing in his poured pea gravel driveway in the Western NC Mtns. Heated antifreeze/water mix flowed through it, melting snow rather effectively.
ReplyDeleteabout $800 worth on them stairs
ReplyDeletethey must suck down some serious juice
A snow shovel is 30 bucks.
DeleteThat's nice, Anon, but a snow shovel isn't very effective with a bad back. Thank God you don't know that.
DeleteHave had these for several years in central Oregon. Saved our backs from that $30 shovel. Melts the snow well, the hidden ice has been eliminated as has the threat of falling.
ReplyDeleteAny data on cost to run?
DeleteDo they work in -40?
ReplyDeleteSo they claim 3 cents/hr/mat (betcha that's a real lowball, but run with it). Ten mats, 30 cents/hour or somewhere between 3 and 7 bucks a day depending on how much on time. Call it $4/day. If you guess 30-60 days a year, an optimistic estimate is around $150 annual use. Probably, in the real world, 2-3 times that.
ReplyDeleteJust give the steps a good sweep with a stiff broom, then sprinkle with tube sand. NOT play sand; way too fine. Tube sand is more coarse and gives more traction.
ReplyDelete