Why Anti-Icing is Ideal for Seattle Weather
At Riedmann Enterprises, we’re Seattle locals that have been serving the Puget Sound area for over a decade with the best snow removal, landscaping, and contracting. Our winter division, Seattle Snow, is dedicated to keeping your property safe against snow and ice. We offer comprehensive winter weather management, including anti-icing, deicing, and snow plowing.
While we always take a personalized approach to snow and ice management, we often recommend anti-icing as the most effective option to keep your paths clear. Anti-icing with liquid brine is gaining popularity as a proactive, efficient, and more eco-friendly alternative to deicing. We find that it’s especially beneficial for Seattle weather. Here, we’ll explain how anti-icing works and why it’s a great choice for Seattle properties.
Anti-Icing: The Proactive Approach
What sets anti-icing apart from deicing and snow plowing is that it’s proactive. The liquid chloride treatment is applied to your parking lots and roads before the storm strikes. It then stays there for several days, providing ongoing protection. That liquid chloride makes it harder for ice to form on surfaces, which also prevents snow from bonding to the concrete.
By the time snow plows and deicers get to work, your property’s safety may have already been compromised for several hours. These reactive measures may also not be able to keep up in extreme weather. Anti-icing, however, helps keep paths clear from the beginning. Even in extreme weather, the brine pre-treatment reduces the overall amount of snow and ice. Since it doesn’t bond to the surfaces, it’s easier and faster to remove.
Anti-Icing for Seattle Weather
Anti-icing is a cutting-edge winter weather strategy for any cold climate, but it can be especially efficient for Seattle’s winters. Here in the Puget Sound area, we have chilly winters but rarely extreme temperatures, and occasional snow that’s usually light. We also have lots of rain and fog. When temperatures dip below freezing, that rain or fog can turn into freezing rain or black ice.
Anti-icing is a great solution for this climate. It’s often the perfect level of protection for the light snowfalls and chilly weather we experience. With this simple pre-treatment, you might not need snow plowing or deicing at all!
One-and-Done Solution for Light Snow
A liquid brine pre-treatment isn’t usually enough to keep heavy snowfalls from piling up. It will still help reduce the accumulation and make it easier to remove later, but some snow plowing will likely be necessary. But with the light snowfall that is typical of Seattle winters, anti-icing is often sufficient protection without any snow plowing or deicing. That means you can have your pre-treatment done before the storm and then rest easy, knowing it’s taken care of.
Lasting Protection for Cold Spells
Plowing away snow only lasts if the snow stops falling. When we apply a deicer, it often gets blown away or splashed off the road by wind, vehicles, and snow plows. Anti-icing, on the other hand, can be applied more precisely and lasts longer. A single road brining treatment offers multiple days of protection.
When we have a week of low temperatures and lots of moisture, anti-icing is the perfect solution. It will stay on your driveways and parking lots, preventing fog from turning to black ice or freezing rain from sticking to the ground.
Eco-Friendly for the Evergreen State
Here in the Evergreen State, we’re surrounded by natural beauty. Our community has a shared appreciation for the natural world and we all want to do our part to care for our environment. That’s another reason anti-icing is the preferred choice for many Seattle property owners. It’s a more eco-friendly alternative to deicing.
Salt and chemicals from ice removal treatments can be harmful to vegetation, wildlife, and waterways, not to mention the concrete itself. Deicers have higher concentrations of salt than anti-icers, and more of it is needed because the salt often blows off the road. Liquid brine contains less salt, lasts several days, and can be applied more precisely. Consequently, it can reduce salt runoff and overall salt concentration on our roads.
Protect Your Property with Seattle Snow
With its multiple advantages, we believe anti-icing is fundamental to the best winter weather management for your business, commercial property, or home. It’s proactive, efficient, cost-effective, and more environmentally friendly. If you’re ready to create an anti-icing and snow removal plan for your property, contact us today! We’ll work with you on a customized plan that suits your property’s needs.