warmlyyours

Although the thought of a basement often brings to mind damp, cool, dimly lit rooms where you try to spend the least amount of time possible, that doesn’t have to be the case. With a few mindful choices during construction or a remodel, you can create a warm, radiant basement...

When a heated tile floor won’t heat or keeps tripping, the floor itself is rarely the problem. Most wasted time comes from checking things in the wrong order: replacing a thermostat that was fine, or opening tile when the real fix was a setting or a s...

Roof heat tape should be selected for the specific roofing material and installed using approved attachments. An incompatible cable, incorrect fastening, damaged insulation, or prohibited overlap can damage a roof or create an electrical hazard. Check both the heating-cable manual and the roofing manufacturer’s requirements be...

Roof heat tape electricity use depends on cable length, power output, operating time, and controls. For fixed-output cable, multiply length in feet by watts per foot, divide by 1,000 to obtain kilowatts, then multiply by operating hours and your electricity price per kilowatt-hour.

Cost = length × watts per foot ÷...

“Roof heat tape” and “roof heat cable” are often used for the same category of electric deicing products. The word tape does not mean adhesive tape, and the name alone does not establish where a product can be installed. The important distinctions are approved application, heating technology, electrical requirements, and installati...