Salting and Ice Control in Orillia

Salting and ice control in Orillia puts salt or sand on walks, steps and driveways after freezing rain and thaw-freeze nights, so you and your visitors stay on your feet. It is for homeowners with a slope to the door, landlords with shared walks, and anyone on a contract who wants the ice handled too. You get grip where people walk, with no more salt than the ice needs.

Spreading ice melt on an icy driveway in Orillia Ontario

When Salting Pays Off

Orillia's January mean sits near -8 °C, and the swings around freezing cause the trouble: a mild afternoon melts the snowbank beside the walk, and the runoff freezes by dark. Freezing rain glazes steps that were bare an hour before. We salt after those events as their own visits, separate from the snow trigger.

Salt and Lake Simcoe

The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority reports that chloride in Lake Simcoe is rising about 0.7 mg/L a year and that about 120,000 tonnes of salt go down in the watershed each year. It names fear of slip-and-fall claims as one cause of over-salting.

We shovel to the pavement first, then salt the ice that is left, measured for the area. Near gardens, the shoreline and new concrete we switch to sand. You see salt as its own line on the quote, by the visit.

What Affects the Price of Ice Control

The area of walks and steps, whether the driveway is included, how many freezing-rain visits a season brings, and salt or sand set the number. Ice control adds to driveway snow removal and to commercial snow plowing, where property managers need a record of each application.

Salting and Ice Control FAQs

  • Will salt damage my concrete or interlock?

    Salt can scale concrete in its first winters and stain some pavers. We use sand on concrete poured in the last year and keep salt off interlock edges and lawn borders.

  • Do you salt when it has not snowed?

    Yes. Freezing rain and refreeze nights get their own visits. On a contract you tell us whether we salt on our own call or wait for your text.

  • Is salt safe for my dog?

    Rock salt irritates paws, and dogs lick it off. Tell us if you walk a dog, and we use a pet-safer product or sand on your walk.

  • Do you hold Smart About Salt certification?

    [Placeholder: Smart About Salt status]. The program is voluntary, and the conservation authority notes that few contractors in the watershed hold it.

Request a Written Quote

Tell us which walks and steps you want covered, and we will quote salt or sand by the visit.

Request a Quote

Grip on the Steps After Freezing Rain

Add ice control to your contract, or book it on its own for the walks.