Ice Removal from Driveways

What This Service Involves

Driveways often glaze over when daytime melt runs downslope and refreezes after dark, creating ice that a shovel alone cannot budge. Our crews scrape and chip the bonded layer, clear it away, and treat the surface so it does not reform overnight. Sloped and shaded driveways in the foothills are especially prone to this repeated glazing. Removing the ice fully restores safe footing for walking and driving rather than just melting the top skim.

Benefits

Removes bonded ice a shovel cannot lift; targets sloped and shaded driveways; combines scraping with follow-up treatment; restores footing for walking and driving; prevents overnight reforming

Our Process

1) We locate ice from thaw-and-refreeze cycles; 2) We scrape and chip the bonded layer; 3) We clear the loosened ice away; 4) We treat the surface to prevent reforming

What Affects the Cost

Thickness and extent of the ice; slope and shade of the driveway; labor time for mechanical removal; deicer needed after scraping; recurrence across the freeze period

Best Time of Year

Driveway ice removal peaks during freeze-thaw stretches from midwinter into early spring.