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

Michigander here, why on earth have I never done this???[/quote]

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