Sand the driveway?

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[Post New]01/22/2016 13:04
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Anonymous
Salt is horrible. Kills the grass too. Just let them shovel. No sand either.
[Post New]01/22/2016 13:20
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Anonymous
salt will ruin a new driveway. I have stopped putting salt on anything.
[Post New]01/22/2016 13:29
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Anonymous
You just need some sand for traction.
[Post New]01/23/2016 13:22
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Please, please don't just dump salt everywhere before we get 18+ inches of BLOWING snow. It is POINTLESS and it is not good for the environment. Once everything has been shoveled and you are trying to keep ice at bay next week, I get it. Still not good for the environment, but reasonable.


+1 Salt last winter was the reason Bethesda had red water the following spring.
[Post New]01/23/2016 21:52
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:We just bought our first home last month, and the builder sent us an e-mail not to salt the driveway, but to put sand down. How necessary do you think the sand will be? I don't get off work until 3:30.


Sand is worthless. You'd be better off using cat litter.
[Post New]01/23/2016 21:55
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Anonymous
Cat litter is clay, and turns to mud. Sand stays sand. It washes away eventually.

OP, try to do without. If things ice up tomorrow, then spread some sand for traction. Better safe than sorry.
[Post New]01/23/2016 22:21
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Anonymous
Birdseed also works well. You can get it at animal feed stores inexpensively and some hardware stores for more.
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