Residential Sidewalk Clearing

What This Service Involves

Most Puget Sound homeowners are legally responsible for the strip of public sidewalk fronting their lot, yet few own the equipment to strip refrozen slush before the morning school walk. Our residential crews hand-shovel the walk, chip out compacted ice along the curb, and lay a pet-safe magnesium chloride blend that keeps the concrete clear through the region's stubborn freeze-thaw swings. Because so many neighborhood walks sit in the shade of firs and north-facing eaves, black ice lingers long after the street has drained, and we target those cold pockets first. We size each visit to the actual footage of your frontage so you are not paying commercial rates for a suburban lot.

Benefits

Meets your municipal sidewalk-maintenance obligation without you lifting a shovel; Pet-safe deicer protects paws, lawns, and adjacent planting beds; Early-morning clearing keeps kids and dog-walkers safe before daylight; Reduces your personal slip-and-fall exposure to passersby; Frees older homeowners from a genuine cardiac risk in cold, wet conditions

Our Process

1) Walk your frontage and note shaded ice-prone sections and trip edges; 2) Shovel the full width of the walk down to bare concrete; 3) Break up curb-line ice ridges left by street plowing; 4) Apply a measured pet-safe deicer and confirm traction before we leave

What Affects the Cost

Linear footage of sidewalk and front walk; Depth and density of the wet Cascade snow; Amount of refrozen ice needing hand-chipping; Whether tree-shaded sections require heavier deicer; Add-on treatment for connected steps or a porch approach

Best Time of Year

Western Washington sidewalk events cluster from late November through February, with the highest risk during overnight freezing rain that glazes walks before dawn.