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idigtractors · 02-06-2008, 06:24 PM

When I was a teenager I worked for a plumbing supply house that heated there drive which was on a hill and 3 large trucks wide. it was about 150' (approx). The owner used 3 separate oil fired boilers (steam) heating the drive in 3 zones. This system worked fantastic with a light snow fall and medium icing conditions. When it snowed hard it just could not keep up with it and the stuff that had melted would turn to ice due to the amount of snow coming down on it. He used it for about five years and the piping started to spring leaks (Didn't have plastic or the new fancy stuff back in the 50's). Well anyway up it came and never went back again at least in all the years that I worked for them.

02-06-2008, 06:24 PM	#12
idigtractors Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 248 Thanks: 6 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	When I was a teenager I worked for a plumbing supply house that heated there drive which was on a hill and 3 large trucks wide. it was about 150' (approx). The owner used 3 separate oil fired boilers (steam) heating the drive in 3 zones. This system worked fantastic with a light snow fall and medium icing conditions. When it snowed hard it just could not keep up with it and the stuff that had melted would turn to ice due to the amount of snow coming down on it. He used it for about five years and the piping started to spring leaks (Didn't have plastic or the new fancy stuff back in the 50's). Well anyway up it came and never went back again at least in all the years that I worked for them. Last edited by idigtractors; 02-12-2008 at 07:52 AM.