Managing Winter Expectations

Current clients, prospective clients, friends and family all like to ask us the same question: What should they expect as they roll into winter? How many deicing sessions should they reasonably budget for? How many times do they realistically need to get their snow blown? What is the line between reasonable preparation, panicking, and being over-prepared? The good news is that our team has given this a lot of thought!

While seasons vary and Mother Nature never tires of gifting us with surprises, we generally counsel our clients to prepare for 25 deicing sessions and three to five snow blowing sessions per season.

Winter 2018-2019 has been an example of a season with far fewer snow events than anticipated (so far…) Winter 2016-2017 was a season that brought way more snow than we ever could have imagined! Do you remember the residents of Vancouver lining up to replenish their salt stock? Did we mention that we never ran out of salt…? (We couldn’t resist the little reminder!)

We hope that this blog post has helped you better anticipate your deicing and snow clearing needs for winter. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you would like to discuss your needs in further detail!