Parking Lot Deicing

What This Service Involves

The Puget Sound region sees far more ice events than deep snow, often when moist air meets a shallow layer of cold air trapped near the surface. That combination glazes parking lots overnight and leaves tenants and customers slipping across seemingly clear pavement. We spread and spray deicing agents matched to the temperature and forecast, targeting the exact spots where drainage and shade let ice form first. Timely deicing keeps your lot open when a plow alone would do nothing against a sheet of glare ice.

Benefits

Targets black ice unique to PNW freezing rain; prevents claims on lots that look deceptively clear; material choice matched to pavement temperature; treatment of shaded and low-drainage trouble spots; fast turnaround on overnight ice warnings

Our Process

1) We identify shaded corners and poor-drainage areas that ice first; 2) We pre-treat pavement ahead of forecast freezing rain; 3) We apply granular or liquid deicer as ice forms; 4) We monitor temperatures and re-treat through the event

What Affects the Cost

Square footage requiring treatment; deicer type selected for the temperature range; number of applications per ice event; severity and duration of the freeze; standing versus on-call service agreement

Best Time of Year

Deicing demand peaks during the December-to-February stretch when freezing rain is most frequent in the lowlands.