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Heated Driveways

Posted by Neil Bishop on December 10, 2010 at 11:51am

Whilst sat here looking out at the snow I was just wondering if anyone on here has done a heated driveway instalment and was it easy? hard? worth it?

 

I have no interest in doing one or having one (I have a snow shovel!), just fancied seeing if they are popular in the UK.

 

I checked one website this morning from the states which had a price of a 1000 sq ft driveway costing up to $15,000...

 

 

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  • Matt Brown December 10, 2010 at 12:36pm

    i'd like one but i hate the cost of heating the house let alone the drive. i have a bag of pebble dashing stone that i throw into the snow slush and ice and when it freezes the sharp stones give good grip,

     

    if i did have a heated drive i'd have a log or coal boiler in the house to power it all and heat the house

  • Neil Bishop December 10, 2010 at 12:40pm

    good thinking.

     

    The US site said there are two ways of doing it, one being an electrical wiring/heating grid. the other a plumbed in system. both pretty much  the same as interior underfloor heating.

    Matt Brown said:

    i'd like one but i hate the cost of heating the house let alone the drive. i have a bag of pebble dashing stone that i throw into the snow slush and ice and when it freezes the sharp stones give good grip,

     

    if i did have a heated drive i'd have a log or coal boiler in the house to power it all and heat the house

  • Matt Brown December 10, 2010 at 12:48pm

    i put between £30 and £50 a week on the gas meter, a fraction is taken to re-pay the money i owe them, i'm sure with a heated drive i would need to run it 24/7 to keep it frost free. and when i drive off my drive i'd be driving on ice on the pavement anyway. my road is on a main road and its always gritted but last year the snow built up regardless of the grit. my car drove perfectly on it so i was ok but i dont see the point personally heating a driveway when the roads leading to it are bad. i know some say its for pedestrians getting to and from their car but in my opinion its a luxury gone too far.

     

    you'd also have to be careful where the thawed ice and snow collected as its going to re-freeze and if the run off is onto a public pavement there is bound to be a lawsuit

  • Neil Bishop December 10, 2010 at 12:56pm

    Very true. I've read before that Bill Gates has one, i wonder if he worries about the run-off refreezing and causing a problem to pedestrians?? :-)

    Matt Brown said:

    i put between £30 and £50 a week on the gas meter, a fraction is taken to re-pay the money i owe them, i'm sure with a heated drive i would need to run it 24/7 to keep it frost free. and when i drive off my drive i'd be driving on ice on the pavement anyway. my road is on a main road and its always gritted but last year the snow built up regardless of the grit. my car drove perfectly on it so i was ok but i dont see the point personally heating a driveway when the roads leading to it are bad. i know some say its for pedestrians getting to and from their car but in my opinion its a luxury gone too far.

     

    you'd also have to be careful where the thawed ice and snow collected as its going to re-freeze and if the run off is onto a public pavement there is bound to be a lawsuit

  • Matt Brown December 10, 2010 at 12:59pm

    bill gates is a theif, he stole the software that made him rich, he wouldnt care about where the water goes, he'll have a huge legal team.

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    Stephen @ SJS December 10, 2010 at 4:01pm



    Matt Brown said:

    bill gates is a theif, he stole the software that made him rich, he wouldnt care about where the water goes, he'll have a huge legal team.

     

    Steady on there Matt I'm sure there would be grounds for slander there do you have evidence, way to do the driveway heating is trace heating tapes regulated with a frost stat that would kick in as soon as temperature dropped below preset level. wouldn't be cheap though !

  • Matt Brown December 10, 2010 at 4:03pm

    http://techrights.org/2010/01/18/grooming-of-bill-gates/

     

    my proof!

    Stephen @ SJS said:



    Matt Brown said:

    bill gates is a theif, he stole the software that made him rich, he wouldnt care about where the water goes, he'll have a huge legal team.

     

    Steady on there Matt I'm sure there would be grounds for slander there do you have evidence, way to do the driveway heating is trace heating tapes regulated with a frost stat that would kick in as soon as temperature dropped below preset level. wouldn't be cheap !

  • Graeme @ BGS December 10, 2010 at 6:22pm

    Why mess about - this is how you do it - a heated marble driveway!  Don't think they have sold this place yet!

    http://www.updowncourt.com/default.asp

     

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