The HeatTrak Homeowner Blog

Which Snow and Ice Melters Are Safe for Pets?

As pet owners, we want to keep our pets safe and happy year-round. Winter can be a challenging time for our four-legged loved ones as snow, and the products used to manage it, can make the outdoors...

Meet Suzie: A Native Californian Now Dealing with 55+ Inches of Snow

A husband deployed for a year, a reluctant teenager and an at home daycare business makes the winter time extra challenging when it comes to ice building up, shoveling and snow removal. Meet Suzie ...

How to Avoid Common Winter Liability Issues On Your Home's Property

Winter brings with it some legitimate concerns for the safety of your family and of your building due to extreme weather events that may arise. It also, however, brings another kind of concern- a ...

Snow Removal Through the Years

Once upon a time…. We’re all about snow removal--specifically a very modern, technological method of snow removal. But whether you use an electric snow-melting system or a tale-as-old-as-time-shov...

How the Different Winter Elements Affect Your Home's Roof

Winter weather can be hard on your home in general, but usually, your roof will suffer more than any other part of your house. This damage can be attributed to particular elements of winter weathe...

The Best Ways to Spend a Snow Day When You're No Longer a Kid

  I know--you’re probably thinking, “Adults don’t get snow days.” But that’s not so true anymore. As the record snowfall of the last several years has demonstrated, offices do close, roads ar...

The Best Ways to Spend a Snow Day With Your Kids

There was no better feeling than being a kid, and waking up to a window full of snow and my mom telling me that school was closed.   On a lot of those days, my parents had to work, and my sister...

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,...

7 Tips To Understanding Your Winter Weather Report

Legend has it that variations in the woolly bear caterpillar's number of black vs. red-brown segments correspond to the intensity of winter weather in the months just ahead. Now, that kind of "wea...

The Most Common Snow Shoveling Injuries

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine has recently published the results of a 17-year study that documents the most common injuries associated with shoveling snow. The study found that 11,000...

Craziest Pictures of Winter 2014-2015's Record Snowfall

The 2014-2015 winter season broke records. A lot of them. Many states across the Midwest and Northeast set records for their coldest February of all time. Meanwhile, Boston kept racking up the re...

Top 5 Questions Homeowners Ask in Winter

As winter approaches, homeowners will be asking numerous questions about how to best manage the cold, snow, and ice. Protecting your property and avoiding unnecessary expenses can often be achiev...

Winter Drive Survival Kit: 5 Things to Keep in Your Car This Season

Winterizing your home in case of an emergency snow-in is one major task you should attend to before winter, but you must also consider the possibility of being stranded inside your vehicle during...