Operating costs in the winter will run you about $3-5 per hour.
Here’s how much it costs to install and operate a heated driveway.
How Do Heated Driveways Work?
The first design uses electrical resistance to heat your driveway.
The second style of heated driveway is similar to the hydronic radiant heat flooring found in many homes.
Instead of wires laid down in a looping pattern, a long flexible hose is laid down instead.
You’ll pay less per hour of operation for a boiler-based system than a wire-based system.
Residential ice melting systems use around 35 watts of power per square foot.
Consider you’ll need to execute the system for about 4-5 hours, minimum, per snowstorm.
Our projected costs for the average 850-square-foot driveway are about $23 per snowstorm.
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That might seem like a chunk of change.
