Abrasives, de-icing salt or electric heating cable
Quebec?s winters provide many big challenges for residential driveways and walkways. Naturally, snow covering the ground for over five months a year poses logistical problems, but freezing rain, sleet and ice are major dangers in their own right.
Also, with warmer winters, stairs and walkways are frozen over more often than ever. In most cases, you can use abrasives or de-icing salts found in hardware stores and recommended for use on concrete products. However, to avoid any inconvenience some aggressive products may cause, you can pay a little more to obtain chlorine-free glycol-based products that are just as effective but will not mar the surface of your pavers and slabs.
For public buildings with heavier traffic, it is essential to make sure alleys, sidewalks and access ramps are safe at all times. Ouellet Inc. has developed a system of heating cables that melt the ice that causes falls and responds to safety standards, thereby avoiding injury and also the lawsuits that may ensue. For more information on Ouellet Inc.?s heating cables, please visit their website.