Snow days at home are exciting, but your roof and gutters may beg to differ. Major snowfall causes accumulation, which can mean serious damage. That’s why so many homeowners invest in heat cables for ...

If you have a house that isn’t used in the winter or a home that has pipes running through an unheated area, such as a crawl space or attic, and the temperatures drop below freezing, you may want to ...

Welcome to the final entry in my three-part series on ice dam prevention and heat cables. In part one, Should you install heat cables to prevent ice dams?, I discussed the most common solutions ...

When the cold weather starts moving in, there are a few things you must do to winter-proof your house. In addition to salting your driveway so that snow doesn’t accumulate, keeping it from collecting ...

Chromalox announces the Series Long Line Heat Trace Cable (SLL). Series Long Line heat trace is similar in construction to Chromalox’s current self-regulating heat trace, making it compatible with ...

All references are based on the 2014 edition of the NEC. Many of you have probably experienced the unpleasant feeling of stepping out of a nice hot shower on a freezing cold winter day only to step on ...