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The Best Ways to Get Snow and Ice Out of Your Way
November 27, 2014
Image: Get Snow and Ice Out of Your Way One of the greatest dangers you face in cold weather is walking from your front door to your car. Winter in Ontario means snow and ice, which means slipping, sliding and falling is a real possibility. You will want to use the best deicer you can to keep your walks and drives as free from ice and snow as possible. Here are the most common choices for dealing with snow and ice and the pros and cons of each.
Rock salt, sodium chloride, is the old standby for ice melting around the home. It is inexpensive and very effective down to temperatures of about -9 degrees Celsius. Rock salt is less popular than it used to be since it is highly corrosive to cars and other steel objects. Concentrated salt is also bad for natural aquatic systems and landscape plants. It’s a good choice for short term use, but there are several more options to consider.
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# The Best Ways to Get Snow and Ice Out of Your Way November 27, 2014  One of the greatest dangers you face in cold weather is walking from your front door to your car. Winter in Ontario means snow and ice, which means slipping, sliding and falling is a real possibility. You will want to use the best deicer you can to keep your walks and drives as free from ice and snow as possible. Here are the most common choices for dealing with snow and ice and the pros and cons of each. Rock salt, sodium chloride, is the old standby for ice melting around the home. It is inexpensive and very effective down to temperatures of about -9 degrees Celsius. Rock salt is less popular than it used to be since it is highly corrosive to cars and other steel objects. Concentrated salt is also bad for natural aquatic systems and landscape plants. It’s a good choice for short term use, but there are several more options to consider. Sand was traditionally used to provide traction on slippery surfaces. It works for that, but will not melt snow or ice. Treated sand is a combination of sand, salt and, sometimes, other chemicals that make it more effective. Treated sand gives you a combination of traction and deicing properties. It’s a good choice for extra slippery places or people that may need a little extra traction for safety. However, it’s pretty messy in the spring and has to be cleaned up. Calcium chloride and magnesium chloride are other types of salt that are sometimes used in deicing mixtures. They are less corrosive than rock salt, less harmful to roadways and more effective at lower temperatures. Because they are more expensive than rock salt, they are often blended with other ingredients. Chemical deicers are regularly used to treat rock salt, to activate the melting and lower effective temperatures. Growing environmental awareness and new research has led to the development of less harmful, but very effective, deicers. They are generally safe to use around plants, animals and water systems and are also effective at very low temperatures. While salt is still a component in some of these mixtures, it is at much lower concentrations. Often, byproducts from agricultural processes such as beet refinement are used in these deicers. You may pay more for these ice melters, but if you factor in the cost of environmental damage, the long term expense is often less. In addition to snow shovels and snow blowers, these are your best options for snow and ice removal. We keep a variety of choices on hand. Rock salt is good for short term use, treated sand for slippery situations and calcium chloride mixtures for prolonged low temperatures. If you are worried about the environmental effects of deicers or are concerned about pets and your landscape plants, use one of the eco-friendly ice melters. [Give us a call and request a quote on snow and ice management for your home or business today!](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/contact-landscape-design-company) ### Categories - [Landscape Design](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/landscape-design/) - [Water Issues & Solutions](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/water-issues-solutions/) - [Invasive Pests & Plants](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/invasive-bugs-pests/) - [Lawn & Garden Care](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/lawn-garden-care/) - [Property Maintenance](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/property-maintenance/) - [Winter Maintenance](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/winter-maintenance/) - [Company News](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/blog/category/company-news/)  ### Need inspiration? When you start to think about designing the perfect yard, deck, patio or backyard oasis, it can be helpful to have some solid ideas of what you want to achieve. We can help with that. [Download our Free Design Guide](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/design-inspiration/) [speak to an expert](https://www.wrightlandscape.ca/contact/) ## Latest News ##### Property Maintenance ### Why Fall is the Best Time for Core Lawn Aeration ##### Lawn & Garden Care ### Why Your Brown Lawn Isn’t Dead: Understanding Lawn Dormancy During Dry Conditions ##### Lawn & Garden Care ### When It’s Hot & Humid You May Have Rust in Your Lawn: Read This for Signs & Treatments
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The figures
100 pages, set against the 167,893 sites with figures and 553 in trades.
- Readablehigher is better
- 100%100 of 100 pages
- All 167,893 sitesBetter than 47%553 trades sitesBetter than 41%
Pages whose own text is in the HTML the server sends, enough of it for their kind.
- Cleanhigher is better
- 64%middle page
- All 167,893 sitesBetter than 41%553 trades sitesBetter than 43%
Of the words before script, the share that are the page and not menus, footer and forms.
- Costshown, never scored
- 154,131tokens
- About 1,541 a page
To read every page once. A long page that answers well is not worse for it. Tokens are estimated at about 4 characters each.
How its pages spread on Clean
100 pages measured.
Against its rivals
The sites nearest it by what they do, with figures. Close means similar work, not better.
| Readinghigher is better | Costnot scored | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Readable | Clean | Tokens a page |
| wrightlandscape.caThis site, 100 pages | 100% | 64% | 1,541 |
| foranlawnandyard.com47 pages | 100% | 85% | 1,856 |
| jimslandscaping.com33 pages | 97% | 90% | 1,442 |
| elementslawn.com56 pages | 98% | 90% | 1,192 |
First of 4 on Readable, fourth on Clean.
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What robots.txt says to each, as read on October 24, 2026. 8 of 8 may read the site.
| Crawler | robots.txt says | Used for | The line that decides |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | Not named | Training models | Falls to User-agent: * |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | Not named | ChatGPT search | Falls to User-agent: * |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | Not named | A page a person asks about | Falls to User-agent: * |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | Not named | Training models | Falls to User-agent: * |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | Not named | Claude’s search | Falls to User-agent: * |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | Not named | Perplexity search | Falls to User-agent: * |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | Not named | Training Gemini | Falls to User-agent: * |
| bingbotMicrosoft | Not named | Bing and Copilot | Falls to User-agent: * |
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Worst first. Each opens in Agent View at the top.
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wrightlandscape.ca in Agent View: 100% of pages readable, better than 41% of trades sites; 64% clean; 154,131 tokens to read all 100 pages. mttr.si/agent-view/wrightlandscape.ca
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Claim the siteDrawn from the HTML mttr fetched on its read of October 24, 2026, not a screenshot, and only from the 100 pages read, where the read stopped at its page limit. An assistant’s own reader may differ. Tokens are estimated at about 4 characters each. A site an agent reads well is not a site an assistant cites.