Salting and De-Icing in Nelsonville

Salting and de-icing is the step that happens after the plow. A blade can only get down to within a thin layer of the pavement, and what it leaves behind packs down, melts in the sun and freezes again after dark into a sheet that is harder to deal with than the original snow. Spreading salt breaks that layer up and keeps the next round from bonding to the surface. We treat parking lots, drive aisles, driveways, walkways, steps and entry areas, and we match the amount to the surface and the forecast rather than burying everything, which wastes material and does your concrete and your landscaping no favors.

We need to know which surfaces you want treated and which you would rather we left alone. That matters because salt is hard on some materials, so stamped or colored concrete, pavers, newer concrete and beds planted right along a walk are all worth pointing out before we start. We also need to know where water runs on the property, since treating uphill of a door or a walk means the melt ends up exactly where you did not want it. If you have a preference on material we will work with it. On your side, the main thing is access: if a gate stays closed or a walk is blocked by stored pallets or planters, that is the stretch that ends up untreated.