How can I melt a lot of snow quickly?
At work, I've got a mound of snow piled up about eight feet high and it's right over a staff member's parking spot. The sun is helping to melt it and I began to shovel a little bit out each day, but I was wondering if there were any other handy tricks to melt it quickly.
I can't use fire and I don't have enough salt.
Any ideas?
I can't use fire and I don't have enough salt.
Any ideas?
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If the temp is above freezing, spray it with water from a water hose. As long as it can drain off before freezing it won't cause a problem and will melt the snow.
Feb 26, 2012. 12:34 PMmseba
says:
it depends, anyways salt doesn't work that well .... if you have just enough sun you can spred it , put ash over it(because its a dark color) and cover it with a big transparent plastic foil..
the second solution is to drill a hole in a metal barrel almost at the top and make a fire underneath it then just put snow until the water melted starts to run over the hole at the top its smart to hook a hose to the hole to make the water drain away from the fire..
i think i will make a inscrutable with the last one because i will make it tomorrow
the second solution is to drill a hole in a metal barrel almost at the top and make a fire underneath it then just put snow until the water melted starts to run over the hole at the top its smart to hook a hose to the hole to make the water drain away from the fire..
i think i will make a inscrutable with the last one because i will make it tomorrow
Feb 28, 2012. 10:35 AMmseba
says:
yep dne it my snow was gone using the fire under the barrel method i still smel at smoke and it was slow but it worked ...
What's your budget? Hire a snow removal contractor to haul it away.
Mar 4, 2010. 8:49 PMaaronscottaugustinhotmail.com
says:
Umm if there are no cars around throw peleted salt down you can buy a 40lbs bag at your local home and improvement store most likely. its about $5 USD a bag.www.lowes.com/SearchCatalogDisplay
Mar 4, 2010. 6:18 PMdigitalbrad
says:
spreading it out like you're doing helps a lot. Maybe you can have car exhaust blow on it? maybe wire up a stove element some how and just leave it ontop?
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