The HeatTrak Homeowner Blog

6 Surprising Ways Snow-Shoveling Can Damage Your Property

Is snow accumulating on your property? If so, it’s time to get out there and start shoveling. Allowing snow to pile up on or around your home can cause an array of problems. These might include a ...

The Quick but Handy Guide to Buying a Snow Shovel

In recent years, innovations in snow shovel technology have led to a wide range of new and unique shovel types. These innovations are a blessing, but they can also make finding your ideal snow shov...

How to Choose the Best Snow-Shovel for Seniors

Every winter, thousands of seniors injure themselves while shoveling snow, with slips, falls, hypothermia, frostbite, and muscle strain the usual causes.  Rather than risk injury, many seniors pref...

A Step-by-Step Guide to Shoveling Snow

Shoveling snow from your driveway and outdoor walkways may seem like a task that requires little, if any, forethought and planning. But, a bit of preparation and a few shoveling techniques not only...

Quick but Handy Guide to Buying a Snow Shovel

In recent years, innovations in snow shovel technology have led to a wide range of new and unique shovel types. These innovations are a blessing, but they can also make finding your ideal snow shov...

Shoveling Increases Heart Attacks, Study Shows

A recent Canadian study proves what homeowners in cold-weather climates have always suspected: the risk of heart attack increases following a snowfall. The study was conducted in Quebec from 1981 t...

Best Snow Shovel Techniques for Seniors

Back injuries, slip-and-fall fractures, hypothermia and other health hazards are especially common among senior citizens who opt to shovel their own driveway and walkways. However, if you’re physic...

Snow Shoveling and Your Heart Health

If you're like a lot of people, you have one of two reactions when you wake up to a foot or more of snowfall. Either you're excited and uplifted by this beautiful coating of winter's glory that's c...

5 Tips for Shoveling Snow and Avoiding Back Pain

It’s that time of year again… The snow is here, falling peacefully and beginning to gather in piles around your home. It’s a beautiful scene to watch from inside the comfort of your home, until you...

How to Protect Your Hot Tub During Winter

Once the winter months roll around, do you ever gaze out the window at your hot tub and think that it may be months before the two of you reunite? Time spent in a hot tub during winter can be wond...

Never Again Worry about Leaving Your Snow Melting Mats Outdoors all Winter

Is it wise to leave your HeatTrak snow melting mats running all winter? How long will it take before this kind of long-term use wears them out?We frequently hear from our customers that they want t...

7 Tips to Keep Seniors Safe and Warm During Winter Months

Winter is a season marked by the joy of celebration and the beauty of snow-blanketed landscapes. However, winter also brings with it potential hazards and safety concerns that, for seniors, can tu...

Residential Snow Removal Services: What Are Your Options?

Many homeowners opt to hire out their annual snow and ice removal tasks, some for a lack of time to deal with it themselves, others for health and safety reasons. Another factor is the expense of ...

Why You're Paying for Snow Removal Even If You Don't Realize It

Many homeowners, when asked "How much do you pay for snow removal?," are quick to answer, "We don't pay anything for snow removal because we do it all ourselves." Yet, in reality, there are costs,...