Baby Boomers Convert Cottage Country Properties into Year-Round Residences

(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 05, 2007 ) Carnarvon, Ontario -- Heat-Line, a Haliburton, Ontario company that designs and manufactures water pipe freeze protection systems for a number of applications using conductive-polymer heating cable technology, has made maintaining a privately owned water system feasible by preventing water pipes from freezing throughout the long, cold months of winter. The next twenty years will be a time of great change for Canada. The baby boomer generation, which has fuelled nearly every major trend of the last six decades, will be retiring. Cottage country has always attracted a number of retirees, but the sheer numbers of people retiring over the next two decades will increase the flow of older adults moving from their city homes to life in the country.In one Ontario community, this trend is well underway. According to a recent Statistics Canada report, the population of Haliburton County – a traditional lake country resort area located approximately two hours north east of Metropolitan Toronto, is not only growing, it is getting older as well. The median age in Haliburton County was found to be 50.4 years, significantly higher than the provincial median age of 39.0 years. Many of Haliburton’s new and older residents are former cottagers who have sold their homes in the city and have renovated their cottages into year round residences.In the past, one of the major obstacles that faced people wanting to build a lakefront home or turn a recreational property into a year-round residence was how to ensure a reliable water supply. Very few cottages or rural properties have the luxury of being on town water. Some rural properties have existing wells or are fortunate to be located in areas where a well can be drilled. However, in cottage country, it is not always possible or economically viable to drill a well, since much of lake country is located on the rocky Canadian Shield. Drilling a well through hundreds of feet of solid granite can be astronomically expensive. The alternative to costly drilling is to draw water from a nearby pond or lake. The chief problem with maintaining your own water system is how to reliably keep the water flowing during the long, cold months of winter without worrying about a freeze up.Lorne Heise, President & CEO of Heat-line (http://www.heatline.com), realized sometime ago that there was a growing market for dependable heat line products to protect water systems. After years of study and experimentation, he founded Heat-Line, a Haliburton, Ontario company that designs and manufactures water pipe freeze protection systems for a number of applications using conductive-polymer heating cable technology. “I was intrigued by the impact of winter on the cottage lifestyle. I felt that the right water protection system could have a major impact on the way people used their cottages – making it possible for them to enjoy their cottage all year long,” states Heise. “Any cottage can be transformed into a four season residence with a heat tracing self-regulating freeze protection system. Even homes off-the grid can benefit from Heat-Line protection. A new product, the Kompensator, is a self-regulating heating cable system that has been designed to work with solar and wind generated power sources,” adds Heise. The trend of baby boomers moving from their homes in city centres to vacation homes in smaller resort communities should continue for many years to come. With the price of lakefront real estate climbing ever higher each year, many may feel that they need to make the move to cottage country sooner rather than later before they are priced out of the market. The impact of this development has already begun to be felt in cottage country, and the arrival of many relatively affluent older residents has started to change the economies of many rural communities. Trades people, area merchants and municipalities all reap the benefits derived from large numbers of new residents engaged in cottage construction and renovation. New businesses and services will be required to supply this niche market with many of the same conveniences typically found in urban areas such as accessible health care, entertainment, and a much wider variety of consumer goods. Clearly over the next two decades the landscape of cottage country will continue to change. Heat-Line now makes it possible for a larger population of older adults to move from their city homes to life in the country. Through manufacturing water pipe freeze protection systems for a number of applications using conductive-polymer heating cable technology, Heat-Line is making the dream of maintaining a privately owned water system in cottage country locations feasible by preventing water pipes from freezing throughout the long, cold months of winter.Heat-Line specializes in developing and manufacturing the most advanced water pipe freeze protection systems using self-regulating technology. For more information on Heat-Line’s products, please visit Heat-Line or call Lorne Heise at 1-800-584-4944.###This press release was issued through GroupWeb EmailWire.Com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.

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