Catch Basin Snow Clearing

What This Service Involves

The defining feature of a Puget Sound winter is water, and a catch basin packed with snow, slush, and leaves turns the next warm-up into standing water and refreeze hazards. When a mid-winter thaw or an atmospheric river follows a snow event, blocked grates back up fast across parking lots and streets. Our crews clear the snow plug and debris from each basin so runoff drains as designed. Open grates prevent the ponding and black ice that cause most winter slip-and-fall claims in our climate.

Benefits

Prevents ponding and flooding during thaws and rain events; Reduces black-ice formation from poor drainage; Clears the snow-and-debris plugs that block grates; Protects lots and walkways from refreeze hazards

Our Process

1) We locate catch basins and storm grates across the site; 2) We remove the snow, slush, and debris plugging each; 3) We confirm water flows freely into the basin; 4) We monitor and re-clear before forecasted thaws

What Affects the Cost

Number of catch basins and grates on the property; Volume of packed snow and debris to remove; Whether ice has sealed the grate surface; Site size and drainage layout complexity; Repeat clearing ahead of major thaw events

Best Time of Year

Basins need clearing right before the thaw cycles and atmospheric rivers that regularly follow our snow events from December through February.