Frosty Drive? Rock Salt and Sand?

[Radam87]

Hi

Sorry if this is a completely basic question.

I've recently moved to a property with a sloped drive. I wondered if rock salt and sand would be the best answer to frost during the winter? If so would sharp sand be best and are there any recommended ratios etc?

Many thanks

 

[Notch7]

Get a 25kg bag of rocksalt from a builders merchant.

I used to work on a small ind est with a sloped driveway - a scattering of rocksalt turns black ice rapidly into a grippy surface.

Dont use it by your front door or the red / yellow grit will get walked in.

Rocksalt is poionous to dogs so its best to avoid them walking over gritted ground and getting in their paws where the might lick it off when cleaning.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Rocksalt is poionous to dogs

Useful tip. Saves buying chocolate.

 

[Radam87]

How

Get a 25kg bag of rocksalt from a builders merchant.

I used to work on a small ind est with a sloped driveway - a scattering of rocksalt turns black ice rapidly into a grippy surface.

Dont use it by your front door or the red / yellow grit will get walked in.

Rocksalt is poionous to dogs so its best to avoid them walking over gritted ground and getting in their paws where the might lick it off when cleaning.

How about adding sand too? Thanks for the info.

 

[Notch7]

Useful tip. Saves buying chocolate.

My dog ate half a box of belgium chocolates at Christmas, cost me £85 at the vets

 

[fillyboy]

My dog ate half a box of belgium chocolates at Christmas, cost me £85 at the vets

So, even your dog realises that nothing good has ever come out of Brussels, does that not tell you anything.

 

[EFLImpudence]

What about Bournville?

 

[conny]

One of the supervisors at work left a box of chocolates in his bike trailer. They were a present for one of the girls leaving. Went to his trailer at lunch time to get them and the other bits & bobs only to find the chocolate box and numerous wrappings scattered around his bike. Seems the squirrels must have had a sweet tooth.
We were told to keep an eye out for any looking/behaving oddly. Yeah right! We are in a woodland covering over 400 acres and we are going to look for a sick squirrel!