what's the best way to scrape off sheets of ice after a freezing rain from your driveway?

Answer 1

pour ALOT of bowls of bowiling hot water?

Answer 2

soldier,
I'm so sorry you got sheets of ice. We had that several weeks ago. We had 2 inches of solid ice with 2 more inches of ice pellets. The only way we found was to sprinkle some sort of ice-melt on the ice, scrape it with a shovel with a metal edge. Repeat as needed. Do the highest priority areas first (like wherever the walkway is) This method is slow and takes a lot of persistant effort, but it can be done.

The kids thought of a blow torch, but then there is the water from the melting ice reforming into ice in another spot. We didn't have a blow torch anyway! Sigh! It was a good bonding time with the kids.

Good luck!

Answer 3

When this happened to me I spread the driveway with lots of salt and sand. After the salt had melted the ice it was simple to sweep away the sand which had acted as a non-slippery surface.Gave the surface some grip. Hope this works for you too.

Answer 4

use sand, not salt, if you have a concrete driveway. Any de-icer products or even fertilizers made with ammonium nitrate will
chemically react with concrete and should be avoided. The best thing to
use is just plain sand but if you have to, you can choose de-icers that
use calcium chloride or sodium chloride.

Answer 5

There is none, if the ground underneath was freezing to begin with. It bonds too solidly. If you use salt at all, use it with grit to improve traction. Sometimes you have to live with the glaze until it melts. This could be one of those times.

Answer 6

Something called Ice melter. its salt mixed with gravel. the salt melts the ice, and the gravel provides traction. there is also pet friendly versions if you have a dog or cat