Ice & snow - Ice & snow

[Spitfire]

Mornin lads

In an effort to pre-empt it, anyone know good tricks to get rid of Ice and snow on sloped blocked paving? (spent hours last xmas chiseling snow off driveways with shovels for customers)

I know the obvious one is grit, but anyone got any little tricks?

[Tony McC]

Although rock salt is the usual tactic, as you've said, care is required because *some* rock salts can adversely affect the colouring of *some* concrete pavings.

To be fair, well-made CBPs are usually OK as long as the rock salt is kept to a minimum, but wet-cast flagstones seem to be more at risk, probably due to their porosity.

A hot shovel or floor scraper is best. have a little gas ring burning to keep a choice of shovels/scrapers nicely heated, as you would for blacktop laying, and you get 2-3 minutes working time before they cool down.

[GB_Groundworks]

We use an old tractor tire or rubber track trapped in 4 in 1 bucket on jcb, but for hand scraping the curved hand held snow ploughs work really well or the bigger aluminium grain/snow shovels are better than normal shovels.



Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1291241069

[Spitfire]

We use an old tractor tire or rubber track trapped in 4 in 1 bucket on jcb, but for hand scraping the curved hand held snow ploughs work really well or the bigger aluminium grain/snow shovels are better than normal shelves.

Like your site mate, really nicely done

[GB_Groundworks]

thank you. my IT degree came in for something haha

[seanandruby]

thanks giles

[Spitfire]

Any other effective clearing methods? thanks for replies

[haggistini]

home made flame thrower is an option but could be some what dangerous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNu0sR89_BM

[rab1]

cant wait for the video of them burning to death, nature has a way of weeding out the stupid.