Services
- Remove Snow and Ice
- Parking lots and sidewalks
- Shovel and Blow Snow
- Relocate & haul Snow
- Salt, sand & Ice Chemicals
- Guidlines:
- Pre-treating -- Salt brine.
- Above 25 degrees F -- Salt granules.
- 15 to 25 degrees F -- Salt with calcium chloride.
- +5 to 15 degrees F -- 50/50 salt sprayed with calcium chloride brine.
- -5 to +5 degrees F -- 50/50 salt with Grits pretreated with calcium or magnesium.
- Below -5 degrees F -- Straight calcium or magnesium.
- Dry, blowing snow -- Plow only.
- Persistent heavy, wet snowfall -- Plow and salt.
- Drifting -- Plow only.
Sodium chloride or common salt is the chemical compound NaCl, composed of the elements sodium and chloride. Large granular shapes ensure longer life and faster response times. Used primarily on vehicular traffic areas such as roadways and parking lots. Rock salt is not recommended for use on concrete surface areas due to the corrosive characteristics
Brine is generally a mixture of water and either calcium , magnesium, or any other medium designed to melt ice. Brine solutions are used for pre treatment of surface areas, as well as pre-wetting sodium chloride. By kick starting sodium chloride in this manner, a faster acting medium exists
Magnesium Chloride is considered (by some) as the best total ice-melter that corrodes metal surfaces less, protects concrete from spilling more, is less toxic and environmentally safer than Calcium Chloride and Sodium Chloride (rock salt). Mag has a working temperature down to 5 deg F
Calcium chloride readily attracts moisture from the atmosphere, allowing it to form a liquid brine very quickly and fan out beneath the ice, breaking its bond with the pavement. Calcium is effective during much colder temperatures than rock salt. Ice-Melt as it is commonly referred to is available in pellets or flakes, and is recommended for use on concrete walkways
