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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got back in after chopping/shoveling my walkway/steps, which were totally covered by thick/hard snow. This was my third time shoveling. I did this totally wrong and am annoyed:

Bought two 25-lb bags of snow melt on Thursday. Salted steps, sidewalk, back deck Friday night. Snow starts overnight Sat. Sunday morning shoveled/cleared all areas. Salted again. Went out and did a mini-shovel Sun afternoon. Woke up this morning and it’s like I never touched anything, which is just accumulation, I get. But the snowpack this morning was so hard I had to chop through it with my shovel to break it up to shovel. I’m also now out of salt.

Did I prep too early? I’m a new homeowner fwiw so help me do this better next year! Thank you!

- Now inside and grumbling into my coffee [/quote]

Don't salt before snow.  Go out while still falling fluffy snow and shovel.  This removes the bulk that will be heavy later.  Once it starts sleet, put down a light layer of salt (you used WAY too much), and then shovel after 2 inches or so.  Repeat.  If there is some there when you wake up, put out a light layer of salt (get the colored kind, which increases the albedo for sun melting) and wait a few hours for the sun to do its work.  Then shovel it off.

Also cover your front steps with towels or cardboard boxes that you can just pick up and drop the snow off.[/quote]

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