Warmzone Blog

We’re getting well into the cold winter weather, but that (and the fact that the grass isn’t green) doesn’t mean you should forget about taking care of your landscaping. In the colder months, outdoor heating systems are the best option to melt the ice and to protect your landscaping. Outdoor heating systems like heated driveways actually do more than just melt snow and ice from driveways and sidewalks. They also help preserve your landscaping while avoiding the use of harmful salt and chemicals.

Your landscaper could probably tell you that salt spread over asphalt and sidewalks to melt the ice can do a good bit of damage to lawns and landscape plants. When salt products are spread over streets and walkways, the salt inevitably splashes onto nearby foliage. The sodium chloride burns the plants and gets absorbed by the plants’ root systems. No good at all! Alternate ice-melt products won’t work as effectively as outdoor heating systems, either. You see, these systems don’t use any harmful chemicals, and they melt the ice so effectively that you don’t have to do any of the work.

These outdoor heating systems are state of the art but easy to install for any contractor or do-it-yourself expert.

Outdoor Heating Systems Tip: You may not realize this, but snow melting systems can be installed in just about any driveway and can be retrofit into existing concrete and asphalt.