Warmly Yours Heating Cables

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This is article is part one of a two part series on my experience installing a Warmly Yours snow melt system under a new bluestone walkway and bluestone step and landing.

In the North East winter means shoveling and salting your walkway and stairs. The problem is salt destroys stonework and black ice can cause falls. One bad fall can result in a broken hip, leg or cause you to throw your back out. One innovative solution is to apply snow melt cables under any new driveway, walkway, landing or stairs your planing to build.

The folks at WarmlyYours recently send me a complete Premium snow melting system to evaluate and install on a recent front walk and stone step project. The system they sent me was designed for my project and came complete with all of the cable, controllers and snow sensor needed for a quality snow melting system.

WarmlyYours designs durable, high quality indoor and outdoor heating mats and products. Their heating cable is designed for concrete slab floors of new homes, outdoor driveways, walkways, stairs and patios. It is well suited for large areas like basements, garages, additions and driveways.



Installing A Snow Melting System In a Walkway:
Warmly Yours works with you to design a custom fitted system for snow melting systems to heating walkways, stairs, patios or driveways. They have both mat and cable snow melting systems, which can be installed under asphalt, concrete or paver application. The cables heat the stone in the walkway to a temperature above freezing which melts the snow.

I found dealing with my customer representative easy and informative. Every call I placed to WarmlyYours was either answered immediately or promptly returned. they got an A for customer service.

Product Specifications:
The Warmly Yours snow melt system that I was using was designed to be installed in asphalt, concrete, or in mortar under pavers and comes in lengths ranging from 43'.

The product is CSA Certified for outdoor use in Canada and US and is offered in 120V or 240V configurations.

The Heating Cable is comprised of a dual, multi strand heating element with a primary insulation of Fluoropolymer. The insulated core is protected with a woven metalbraid and an outer jacket of PVC, EPR or Zero Halogen Polyolefin based compound to make it sturdier and to provide corrosion protection. These cables are terminated with 20' (6.1m) long standard cold leads. The hot and cold junction is uniquely designed to make it 100% fool proof.

The Snow Melting system can be installed as a mat consists of the heating cable taped on a polypropylene (PP) mat or as a heating cable is laid in a serpentine fashion so that it is equally spaced and distributed on a metal grill or screen.

The snow melting cable is available in a wide range of capacities and sizes to suit your requirements. Before starting my project I gave

my customer service representative my exact project dimension and they provided me with a detailed installation drawing.

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