If I Ignore My Commercial Parking Lot Ice Removal, What Could Potentially Happen?
The chances are excellent that your parking lot will be the scene of more vehicle accidents than is normal for your property. Some of these accidents may involve two or more vehicles, but some may involve vehicles that strike pedestrians. You can also expect a dramatic increase in the number of people who slip and fall in your parking lot. Potentially, someone could file a lawsuit against you to recover the medical expenses or the repair costs for their vehicle. Even if no one sues you, you could end up with some very unhappy customers who choose to become your former customers. If they are unhappy enough, they may bash you on their social media sites. Alternatively, they may simply tell everyone they know that you were negligent in providing a safe environment for your customers. Whether an incident costs you money or tarnishes your reputation, your business could suffer.
What Are Some Techniques for Parking Lot Ice Removal?
There are several strategies for removing ice buildup on a parking lot pavement or walkway.
1. You cannot expect any product to penetrate a blanket of snow to reach the ice underneath. Therefore, snow removal is often your first step.
2. Deicing a parking lot is typically more difficult than preventing an ice buildup. If you know that icy, snowy conditions are imminent, you can apply an ice melt salt. Although their chemical composition is similar to rock salt, ice melt salts contain sodium acetate rather than sodium chloride. Ice melts with sodium acetate are also more eco-friendly and less corrosive than rock salt.
3. Using rock salt for parking lot salting is another option, but it has certain limitations. One is that it is only effective on existing ice, so you cannot use it to prevent ice from forming. Rock salt is at its most effective when temperatures are above freezing. It is typically completely ineffective at temperatures lower than 5 degrees.
4. In an emergency, sand can help improve traction on ice, especially for pedestrians. It is a short-lived solution, though. Furthermore, you should not mix sand and rock salt. This will lessen the effectiveness of the salt.
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