Quote:
Originally Posted by nismodrifter
Salt on sidewalk. Yes.
Salt on my driveway. Not even once.
|
Salt is awful for driveways and vehicles. With a very steep aggregate concrete driveway, growing up in Kamloops, we never used salt. A strict routine was kept to ensure the best traction without eating the driveway with salt.
1. No driving/walking on it until everything was done. Even parking on the street until it was finished, in order to avoid compacting snow.
2. Shovel side to side rather than down, so any remaining snow is grooved perpendicular for better grip.
3. Sweep whatever is left after shoveling with a straw broom to get snow the shovel can't pick up, or any footprints.
4. Give a good sprinkling of kitty litter on the areas most likely to be driven or walked on.
If you stay on top of it, you never have ice or compact snow.
The snow piles at the bottom were great for making forts and tunneling, but my parents were right to tell me not to play in them, because cars could slide and crash into them. I did it anyways.