Is your winter de-icer secretly destroying your concrete driveway?
In short: Choosing the wrong ice melt can do more than just fail to clear the snow. This video explores how different materials impact your masonry and how to protect your home's surfaces.
Mason Mark McCullough explains the functional differences between salt, sand, and combined mixtures. While salt is effective on asphalt, it can be detrimental to concrete by accelerating the freeze-thaw cycle, a process that leads to the formation of cracks and potholes. To mitigate environmental impact and reduce masonry damage, McCullough suggests using a sand and salt combination, which provides necessary traction while minimizing salt usage.
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