Hello,
Although we rarely get much snow here, I still prefer to clear it from the driveway before driving over it and creating hard, slippery ice patches.
How do you handle this with your gravel/loose stone driveway? I bought two snow shovel spacer pieces from Triuso at the hardware store for 5 euros, putting one on each side at the front edge of the shovel. This creates some space between the gravel and the shovel blade, which works quite well. Only rarely does a gravel stone get picked up (and if it does, it doesn’t really matter since the snow is cleared onto the gravel rather than the lawn or paving). This leaves a thin layer of snow behind, but all the gravel stones remain visible and provide good traction for walking. If it’s really frozen solid, you can brush it roughly again.
For a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) courtyard, I’m considering motorizing the process...
Although we rarely get much snow here, I still prefer to clear it from the driveway before driving over it and creating hard, slippery ice patches.
How do you handle this with your gravel/loose stone driveway? I bought two snow shovel spacer pieces from Triuso at the hardware store for 5 euros, putting one on each side at the front edge of the shovel. This creates some space between the gravel and the shovel blade, which works quite well. Only rarely does a gravel stone get picked up (and if it does, it doesn’t really matter since the snow is cleared onto the gravel rather than the lawn or paving). This leaves a thin layer of snow behind, but all the gravel stones remain visible and provide good traction for walking. If it’s really frozen solid, you can brush it roughly again.
For a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) courtyard, I’m considering motorizing the process...