There are 3 main ways to incorporate an ice and snow melting system in to a ramp:
1) HDS heated driveway mats fitted onto a solid base or onto sand.
Using heated driveway mats under Tarmac, concrete, block paving and Resin toppings to create heated wheel tracks and heated walkways on a ramp.
The mats are normally fixed to a solid, smooth base with a nail gun and fixing strips before being covered over, but can also be laid in a layer of sand under block paving.
The advantage with this system is that the heating mats are made with the right cable spacing and are made to fit, so the installation time on site is greatly reduced.
A 50 metre long ramp with 2 x 1.2m heated tracks ( 8 x 25m long 4455Wat Mats) can normally be fitted by 2 men in one day.
Heated driveway mats always have to be covered with a minimum 50mm of tarmac surface coat, concrete, block paving, paving slaps or some other kind of solid topping.
2) HDS heated driveway cables fitted onto a solid base or onto sand.
Using loose HDS heated driveway cables fitted to a wire mesh under tarmac, concrete, block paving or under tarmac or concrete with a resin topping to either heat the full ramp area or heat wheel tracks.
The wire mesh is normally fixed to a solid, smooth base with a nail gun and the cables then secured to the wire mesh with cable-ties at the right C-C distance. If being fitted on top of sand under block paving then the mesh would be kept in place with steel pegs.
The advantage with this way of installation is the flexibility and is more cost effective material wise when doing big areas, but more labour intensive on site.
2 men on site can normally fit between 5 and 8 4455Wat cables in a day depending on the shape of the area. Heated tracks take longer to fit than a full width system.
Heated driveway mats always have to be covered with a minimum 50mm of tarmac surface coat, concrete, block paving, paving slaps or some other kind of solid topping.
3) HDS heated driveway cables fitted in a concrete construction
A very cost effective way of installing a HDS Ramp heating system, is to fit the heated driveway cables direct on to the re-enforcement bars or fabric securing them with plastic cable-ties at the right C-C distance, before pouring the concrete.
The heating cables can either be fitted as heated wheel tracks or a full width system.
It is paramount the concrete re-enforcement bars, or the re-enforcement fabric are tied well and secure together, so there is minimal movement when working on top to fit the ramp heating system.
2 men can normally fit between 5 and 8 4455Wat cables in a day, depending on whether they are fitting a full width system or fitting the cables as heated tracks.
Heated driveway cables always have to be covered with a minimum 50mm of concrete.
